Helping to build and rebuild secure lives and futures: Financial transfers from parents to adult children and grandchildren

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Ploeg, Jenny ^a   Campbell, Lori ^a   Denton, Margaret ^a   Joshi, Anju ^a   Davies, Sharon ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Financial transfers; Intergenerational support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CHILD; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY HISTORY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRANDCHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFE; MOTIVATION; PARENT; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADULT CHILDREN; AGED; FEMALE; FINANCIAL SUPPORT; GIFT GIVING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 10844235615     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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