Grandparents today: A demographic profile

Gerontologist

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-52

  Szinovacz, Maximiliane E ^a  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Grandparents; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; SOCIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0031932347     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/38.1.37     Document Type: Article

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