Productive Activities and Perceived Well-Being in an African American Older Adult Urban Sample

Activities, Adaptation and Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 107-130

  Moon, Heehyul ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American older adults; employment; leisure; productive activities; religious activities; urban; volunteer; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863323378     PISSN: 01924788     EISSN: 15444368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01924788.2012.673156     Document Type: Article

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