Families, social life, and well-being at older ages

Demography

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Waite, Linda ^a   Das, Aniruddha ^b  

^a University of Chicago   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELDER ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952256040     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2010.0009     Document Type: Article

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