Divergent pathways? Racial/ethnic differences in older women's labor force withdrawal

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Brown, Tyson H ^a   Warner, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Life course; Race ethnicity; Retirement; Work disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYING; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK DISABILITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUPS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249124988     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.3.S122     Document Type: Article

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