"Put your money where your love is": Parental aid to adult children

Journal of Adult Development

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Descartes, Lara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture race ethnicity; Families in middle and later life; Intergenerational transfers; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 42749090281     PISSN: 10680667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10804-007-9023-6     Document Type: Article

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