Consequences of parental divorce for adult children's support of their frail parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-128

  Lin, I Fen ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Gender; Intergenerational transfers; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849155272     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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