Living together full time? Middle-class couples approaching retirement

Ageing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-183

  Hilbourne, Marion ^a  

^a I Rodman Close   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticipation; Change; Gender; Marital relationship; Retirement

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032809846     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007230     Document Type: Article

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