Women's financial planning for retirement: The impact of disruptive life events

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 39-53

  Orel, Nancy A ^a   Ford, Ruth A ^a,b   Brock, Charlene ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FINDLAY   (United States)

^c ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Disruptive life event; Women's retirement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; RELATIVE; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PILOT PROJECTS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WOMEN;

EID: 13844298053     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v16n03_04     Document Type: Article

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