Couples' employment/retirement patterns and perceptions of marital quality

Research on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-268

  Szinovacz, Maximiliane ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PERCEPTION; RETIREMENT; SEX ROLE; SPOUSE;

EID: 0029953337     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027596182005     Document Type: Article

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