Intergenerational Exchange Patterns and Their Correlates in an Aging Israeli Cohort

Research on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 202-223

  Litwin, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Family; Generations; Israel; Reciprocity; Transfer

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; LIFE CYCLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0842327802     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503260631     Document Type: Article

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