An examination of women's retirement: African American women

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 319-334

  Silverman, Myrna ^a   Skirboll, Esther ^b   Payne, Joy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SLIPPERY ROCK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alma Illery Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Retirement; Retirement styles; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007764592     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00115799     Document Type: Article

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