Inclusion or Exclusion? Exploring Barriers to Employment for Low-Income Older Adults

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 318-334

  Anderson, Keith A ^a   Richardson, Virginia E ^a   Fields, Noelle L ^b   Harootyan, Robert A ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c Senior Service America Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

ageism; employment; older adults; poverty; SCSEP

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGEISM; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POVERTY; RACISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGEISM; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; RACISM; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 84881019074     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2013.777006     Document Type: Review

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