Components of a Meaningful Retirement Life-A Phenomenological Study of the 1950s Birth Cohort in Urban China

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-298

  Liang, Jiayin ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cohort; Phenomenological study; Retirement

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETIREMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960438528     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-011-9149-7     Document Type: Article

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