Who Knows How Much about Aging?
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Research on Aging
- Vol. 2 (4) , 432-444
- https://doi.org/10.1177/016402758024003
Abstract
Common misconceptions regarding the facts of aging are identified using data gathered from a probability sample of 1012 adult Alabama residents. Sociodemographic and attitudinal correlates of both knowledge and bias in knowledge about aging are isolated.Keywords
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