Transforming Retirement: New Definitions of Life After Work

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-44

  Byles, Julie ^a   Tavener, Meredith ^a   Robinson, Ian ^a   Parkinson, Lynne ^a   Smith, Penny Warner ^a   Stevenson, Deborah ^b   Leigh, Lucy ^a   Curryer, Cassie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; baby boomers; longitudinal study; quantitative research; retirement experiences; women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84870981953     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2012.717855     Document Type: Article

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