Modernization and its impact on Chinese older people's perception of their own image and status

International Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 800-815

  Chow, Nelson ^a   Bai, Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

ageing in China; image and status; modernization; older Chinese; urban and rural differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053533864     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872811406458     Document Type: Article

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