A pilot study on the living-alone, socio-economically deprived older Chinese people's self-reported successful aging: A case of Hongkong

Applied Research in Quality of Life

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 347-363

  Lee, Jik Joen ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Life satisfaction; Living alone; Older people; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893649237     PISSN: 18712584     EISSN: 18712576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11482-009-9085-7     Document Type: Review

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