Do religious children care more and provide more care for older parents? A study of filial norms and behaviors across five nations

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-201

  Gans, Daphne ^a   Silverstein, Merril ^b   Lowenstein, Ariela ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cross country comparison; Filial norms; Latent class analysis; Parental care

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949212481     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.40.2.187     Document Type: Article

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