Aging and creating families: Never-married heterosexual women over forty

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 37-50

  McDill, Tandace ^a   Hall, Sharon K ^b   Turell, Susan C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Family structure; Relationships; Single women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREEDOM; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SINGLE PERSON; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33749020017     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v18n03_04     Document Type: Article

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