Relocation and Social Support among Older Adults in Rural China

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1108-1119

  Wu, Zheng ^a   Penning, Margaret J ^a   Zeng, Weihong ^b   Li, Shuzhuo ^b   Chappell, Neena L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; China; Relocation; Rural; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CHINA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84994558826     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu187     Document Type: Article

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