The interweaving of repartnered older adults' lives with their children and siblings

Ageing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 187-205

  Gierveld, Jenny De Jong ^a   Peeters, Annemarie ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consensual unions; Kin bonds; Living apart together; New partner relationship; Older adults; Remarriage; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; ELDERLY POPULATION; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL NETWORK;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0037363044     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X02001095     Document Type: Article

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