Beliefs about women's intergenerational family obligations to provide support before and after divorce and remarriage

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-176

  Coleman, Marilyn ^a   Ganong, Lawrence ^a   Cable, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Family obligations; Intergenerational support; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039460163     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353670     Document Type: Article

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