Continuity and discontinuity in marital life after retirement: Life orientations, gender role ideology, intimacy, and satisfaction

Families in Society

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-294

  Kulik, Liat ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0033238635     PISSN: 10443894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1606/1044-3894.683     Document Type: Article

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