Older Chinese men and women's experiences and understanding of sexuality

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 983-999

  Yan, Elsie ^a   Wu, Anise Man Sze ^b   Ho, Petula ^a   Pearson, Veronica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

Attitudes; China; Hong Kong; Old people; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HAPPINESS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HAPPINESS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIBIDO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPOUSES;

EID: 80051852859     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.605471     Document Type: Article

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