Examining the relationship between communities' 'age-friendliness' and life satisfaction and self-perceived health in rural Manitoba, Canada

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Menec, V H ^a   Nowicki, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age friendly communities; Community development; Healthy aging; Life satisfaction; Rural aging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MANITOBA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84893493266     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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