Intergenerational support: Psychological and cultural analyses of Korean and German women

Current Sociology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 315-340

  Schwarz, Beate ^a   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^b   Kim, Uichol ^c   Park, Young Shin ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c Inha University   (South Korea)

^d Box D 14 ^*  (South Korea)

Author keywords

Germany; Intergenerational support; South Korea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646679820     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392106056748     Document Type: Article

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