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Identifying the Third Agers: An Analysis of British Retirees' Leisure Pursuits

Overview of attention for article published in Sociological Research Online, December 2011
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Article details
Title
Identifying the Third Agers: An Analysis of British Retirees' Leisure Pursuits
Published in
Sociological Research Online, December 2011
DOI 10.5153/sro.2451
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Geographical breakdown

Geographical breakdown
Country Count As %
Unknown 40 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status
Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 7 18%
Student > Doctoral Student 5 13%
Student > Master 5 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 12 30%
Readers by discipline
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 10 25%
Sports and Recreations 4 10%
Psychology 3 8%
Environmental Science 2 5%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 5%
Other 6 15%
Unknown 13 33%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 August 2015.
All research outputs
#8,537,346
of 25,377,790 outputs
Outputs from Sociological Research Online
#398
of 737 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#72,020
of 246,083 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Sociological Research Online
#4
of 9 outputs
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