Old age support: Expectations and experiences in a South Indian village

Population Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 5-19

  Dharmalingam, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARE PROVISION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELDERLY PEOPLE; FERTILITY; LIVING CONDITIONS; OLD AGE SECURITY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE; VALUE OF CHILDREN; WOMEN;

INDIA;

EID: 0028127336     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000147446     Document Type: Article

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