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Leisure Sciences
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Volume 31, 2009 - Issue 4
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Change of Leisure Satisfaction in the Transition to Retirement: A Latent-Class Analysis

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Pages 311-329 | Received 10 Oct 2008, Accepted 19 Jan 2009, Published online: 23 Jun 2009

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