Social Capital Across the Life Course: Age and Gendered Patterns of Network Resources1

Sociological Forum

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-359

  McDonald, Steve ^a   Mair, Christine A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biographical and historical context; Gender; Life course; Social capital; Social networks; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953594612     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2010.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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