Women's retirement expectations: How stable are they?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-86

  Wong, Jen D ^a   Hardy, Melissa A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectations; Longitudinal analyses; Retirement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB CHANGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETIREMENT;

EID: 61549099313     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn010     Document Type: Article

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