Social participation among older adults living in medium-sized cities in Belgium: the role of neighbourhood perceptions
This study examines the associations between neighbourhood perceptions and social participation in a sample of older adults living in medium-sized cities in Flanders, Belgium. Strong evidence of the influence of place on older people's physical and mental health exists. However, the question of how neighbourhoods promote or hinder social participation remains under-explored in social gerontology. Using data generated from the Belgian Ageing Studies, a multivariate regression model ( n = 1877) is tested, with personal characteristics, subjective neighbourhood assessments and objective city-leve... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2014 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | ORIGINAL PAPERS |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28946730 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://heapro.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/29/4/655 |