Creating continuity through mutual assistance: Intergenerational reciprocity in four ethnic groups

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Becker, Gay ^a   Beyene, Yewoubdar ^a   Newsom, Edwina ^a   Mayen, Nury ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SATISFACTION; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0038332049     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.3.S151     Document Type: Article

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