What's the latest? Cultural age deadlines for family transitions

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 178-188

  Settersten Jr , Richard A ^a   Hägestad, Gunhild O ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age deadlines; Age norms; Age structuring; Culture; Life course; Life transitions

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT;

EID: 0029868061     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.2.178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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