Extended family integration among Euro and Mexican Americans: Ethnicity, gender, and class

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-54

  Sarkisian, Natalia ^a   Gerena, Mariana ^b   Gerstel, Naomi ^c  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Extended kin; Hispanic; Intergenerational; Latino; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846407553     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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