An assessment of the wealth holdings of recent widows

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2000, Pages

  Zick, Cathleen D ^a   Holden, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIDOW;

EID: 0034012022     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/55.2.S90     Document Type: Article

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