Within-family differences in mothers' support to adult children in black and white families

Research on Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 410-435

  Jill Suitor, J ^a   Sechrist, Jori ^a   Pillemer, Karl ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology

Author keywords

African American family relations; Black families; Intergenerational support; Parent adult child relations; Race and family; Within family differences

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; REVIEW;

EID: 34547843647     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027507303636     Document Type: Review

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