Effects of gender and employment status on support provided to caregivers

Sex Roles

Volumn 51, Issue 9-10, 2004, Pages 589-595

  Mosher, Catherine E ^a   Danoff Burg, Sharon ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Employment; Gender; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744251608     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-004-5468-2     Document Type: Article

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