The meaning and significance of leisure for women in later life

Despite the increase in the number of men living beyond the age of fifty, the sex ratio (the number of men to the number of women) is still 85 men per 100 women in the UK. Indeed at the age of 85 and over, the sex ratio is only 40 men per 100 women, clearly indicating that older women outnumber men,...

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Main Author: Sedgley, Diane
Published: Cardiff Metropolitan University 2007
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.620745