“We Clean Our Houses, Prepare for Weddings and Go to Funerals”: Daily Lives of Elderly Africans in Majaneng, South Africa
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"We clean our houses, prepare for weddings and go to funerals": daily lives of elderly Africans in Majaneng, South Africa.
This ethnographic study aims to identify and describe how a group of elderly African people in South Africa experience their daily life and related concerns and interests. Data were collected through group interviews involving 16 elderly persons and complementary field observations. The data were analysed using a qualitative content analysis. From the analysis following sub-themes emerged: 1. L...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0169-3816,1573-0719
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-007-9040-8