Reconsidering the divergence between elderly, child, and overall poverty

Research on Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 487-510

  Brady, David ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Elderly; Poverty; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543059987     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027504266587     Document Type: Article

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