The impact of pensions on health and wellbeing in rural South Africa: Does gender matter?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.07.004
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South Africa; Gender; Pension; Social wellbeing; Quality of life; Health and demographic surveillance system; Aging;All these keywords.
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