Selection versus structure: Explaining family type differences in contact with close kin

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1448-1470

  De Bruycker, Trees ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Contact; Family relations; Family structure; Intergenerational relations; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 52949145188     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08318154     Document Type: Article

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