The impact of employment and serious illness on grandmothers who are raising their grandchildren

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 41-58

  Sands, Roberta G ^a   Goldberg Glen, Robin S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WIDENER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD REARING; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0032241674     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v10n03_04     Document Type: Article

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