Intergenerational coresidence and contact: A longitudinal analysis of adult children's response to their mother's widowhood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 708-717

  Roan, Carol L ^a   Raley, R Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Coresidence; Intervene rational relations; Proximity; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040238841     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353730     Document Type: Article

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