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Over the next hill — an ethnography of RVing seniors in North America
Author(s)	Dorothy Ayers Counts, David R Counts
Publisher	Broadview Press, Peterborough, ON, 1996
Pages	276 pp
Source	BRAD, Book Representation & Distribution Ltd., 244A London Road, Hadleigh, Essex SS7 2DE.
Keywords	Caravans ; Retirement ; Life satisfaction ; Personal relationships ; Attitude ; Transient persons ; Retirement areas ; Participant observation ; Social surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Living either full- or part-time in a recreational vehicle (RV) has been an alternative lifestyle in North America since the 1920s, and still is today for a large number of retired North Americans. Using data from participant observation and a questionnaire survey, this ethnographic study describes the lives of older people living in RVs, focusing on their activities and social relationships, and their views on and attitudes toward their chosen lifestyle. The study suggests that RVers tend to experience a greater sense of community and fewer of the emotional problems common to older age than those who have chosen other forms of retirement living.
Accession Number	CPA-980217218 B
Classmark	KHW: G3: F:5HH: DS: DP: TH: RO: 3DB: 3F: 7T
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