Early-life circumstances and later-life loneliness in Ireland

Gerontologist

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 773-783

  Kamiya, Yumiko ^a   Doyle, Martha ^a   Henretta, John C ^b   Timonen, Virpi ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Life course; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84928329484     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt097     Document Type: Article

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