Retirement Satisfaction for Retirees and Their Spouses: Do Gender and the Retirement Decision-Making Process Matter?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 262-285

  Smith, Deborah B ^a   Moen, Phyllis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Decision making; Gender; Retirement; Satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 1142278422     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X03257366     Document Type: Article

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