Intergenerational financial transfers and mental health: An analysis using SHARE-Israel data

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 203-210

  Roll, Anat ^a   Litwin, Howard ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adult children; Depression; Exchange; Israel; Older Jewish parents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; ISRAEL; JEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALTRUISM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77951052623     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903191366     Document Type: Article

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