Estimating the proportion of Americans ever experiencing poverty during their elderly years

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Rank, Mark R ^a,c   Hirschl, Thomas A ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032857689     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/54B.4.S184     Document Type: Article

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