A household-based convoy and the reciprocity of support exchange between adult children and noncoresiding parents

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1100-1136

  Chen, Chaonan ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Convoy; Family; Network; Reciprocity; Support exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745616507     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06288122     Document Type: Article

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