A comparative perspective on intergenerational support: Responsiveness to parental needs in individualistic and familialistic countries

European Societies

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-508

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a   Saraceno, Chiara ^b,c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c WZB ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Family values; Intergenerational relations; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 49849102286     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616690701744364     Document Type: Article

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