How Americans enact the grandparent role across the family life course

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 493-522

  Silverstein, Merril ^a   Marenco, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035531096     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251301022004006     Document Type: Article

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