Reciprocity in intergenerational support: A comparison of Chinese and German adult daughters

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-256

  Schwarz, Beate ^a   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^b   Zheng, Gang ^c   Shi, Shaohua ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cross cultural comparisons; Intergenerational relationships; Reciprocity; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549105947     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09347991     Document Type: Article

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