Marital history, race, and social security spouse and widow benefit eligibility in the United States

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 577-605

  Tamborini, Christopher R ^a   Iams, Howard M ^a   Whitman, Kevin ^a  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage; Race; Social Security; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 68849129830     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027509337196     Document Type: Article

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