Differences between men and women in social relations, resource deficits, and depressive symptomatology during later life in four nations

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 767-783

  Antonucci, Toni ^a   Lansford, Jennifer E ^a   Akiyama, Hiroko ^a   Smith, Jacqui ^b   Baltes, Margret M ^c   Takahashi, Keiko ^d   Fuhrer, Rebecca ^e   Dartigues, Jean François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER DISPARITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

FRANCE; GERMANY; JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036969375     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1540-4560.00289     Document Type: Article

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