Volunteer transitions among older adults: The role of human, social, and cultural capital in later life

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 490-501

  McNamara, Tay K ^a   Gonzales, Ernest ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Formal and informal help; Human capital; Social capital

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSUMER; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

AGED; AGING; CAREGIVERS; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 80052611031     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr055     Document Type: Article

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