Life-Cycle Aspects of Poverty among Older Women

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 17-36

  Choudhury, Sharmila ^a   Leonesio, Michael V ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0030625183     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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