Values and adult age: Findings from two cohorts of the European Social Survey

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-23

  Robinson, Oliver C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Ageing; Europe; European Social Survey; Gender; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874967220     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-012-0247-3     Document Type: Article

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