Using a micro-level model to generate a macro-level model of productive successful aging

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 107-119

  Johnson, Jessica K M ^a   Sarkisian, Natalia ^a   Williamson, John B ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Gender; Labor force participation; Life expectancy; Productive aging; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGING; CULTURE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84922417654     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu089     Document Type: Article

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