Macro- and micro-level predictors of age categorization: results from the European Social Survey

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 5-18

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Doron, Israel ^b   Bodner, Ehud ^a   Inbar, Noit ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contextual level; Epidemiology; Hierarchical analysis; Subjective; Terror management theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877882206     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-013-0282-8     Document Type: Article

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