Rural women’s economic realities

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 41-65

  McLaughlin, Diane K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032253884     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v10n04_04     Document Type: Article

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