Women of the Sandwich Generation in Malaysia

European Journal of Social Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Norzareen, M ^a   Nobaya, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Care giving; Elderly; Sandwich generation; Women; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949708422     PISSN: 14502267     EISSN: 14502267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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