Childlessness and kinship organization: Comparisons of very old whites and blacks

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 289-306

  Johnson, Colleen L ^a   Barer, Barbara M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childless oldest old; Family; Race; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247791459     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: 15730719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00972330     Document Type: Article

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