Reconsidering the Northwest European family system: Living arrangements of the aged in comparative historical perspective

Population and Development Review

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 249-273

  Ruggles, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DEVELOPING WORLD; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIVING STANDARD; MARRIAGE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RESIDENT POPULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67649231148     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00275.x     Document Type: Article

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