Changes in marital satisfaction in three generations of Mexican Americans

Research on Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 36-45

  Markides, Kyriakos S ^a,d   Roberts Jolly, Jan ^b   Ray, Laura A ^a,e   Hoppe, Sue K ^c,f   Rudkin, Laura ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Southwest Alabama Area Health Education Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e Hispanic Established Population of Epidemiologic Studies ^*

^f Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE CYCLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032888944     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027599211002     Document Type: Review

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