Divorced women at retirement: Projections of economic well-being in the near future

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 3-12

  Butrica, Barbara A ^a   Iams, Howard M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCOME; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0034570288     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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