Dynamics of intergenerational assistance in middle- and old-age in Mexico

The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-120

  Wong, Rebeca ^a   Higgins, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34548103195     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-47208-9_8     Document Type: Chapter

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