Differences in net worth between elderly black people and elderly white people

Social Work Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 96-108

  Ozawa, Martha N ^a   Tseng, Huan yui ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Economic security; Net worth; Old age; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003845064     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/24.2.96     Document Type: Article

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