Older adults and their children: Family patterns of structural diversity

Family Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-157

  Allen, Katherine R ^a   Blieszner, Rosemary ^a   Roberto, Karen A ^a   Farnsworth, Elizabeth B ^b   Wilcox, Karen L ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University ^*  (United States)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family diversity; Family structure; Life course complexity; Older adults; Pluralistic families; Qualitative interviews

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033445367     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585078     Document Type: Article

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