Coresidence between unmarried aging parents and their adult children: Who moved in with whom and why?

Research on Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 384-404

  Choi, Namkee G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult children; Aging parents; Intergenerational coresidence; Living arrangement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARENT; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; WIDOW;

EID: 0038471121     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503025004003     Document Type: Article

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