Geographical distances and support from family members

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 381-399

  Mulder, Clara H ^a   van der Meer, Marieke J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distance; Family; Support

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; KINSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 69949092101     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.557     Document Type: Article

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