Homeleaving age norms: Conflict or consensus?

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 277-295

  Veevers, Jean E ^a   Gee, Ellen M ^b   Wister, Andrew V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDITIONING; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030424675     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/MXQV-0RQW-B2FU-KEM6     Document Type: Article

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