Demographics of the sandwich generation by race and ethnicity in the United States

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-311

  Cravey, Tiffany ^a   Mitra, Aparna ^b  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural economics; Demographic economics; Economics of the elderly

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955404228     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socec.2010.12.003     Document Type: Article

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