Profiles of interdependence: The retirement planning of married, cohabiting, and lesbian couples

Sex Roles

Volumn 56, Issue 11-12, 2007, Pages 793-800

  Mock, Steven E ^a,c   Cornelius, Steven W ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabiting couples; Lesbian couples; Married couples; Retirement planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547363628     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-007-9243-z     Document Type: Article

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