Evolution in intergenerational exchanges between elderly people and their grandchildren in Taiwan; Data from a multiple round cross-sectional study from 1993 to 2007

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Tsai, Feng Jen ^a,b   Motamed, Sandrine ^a   Elia, Nadia ^a   Rougemont, André C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b National Science Council   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN;

EID: 80051506445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-639     Document Type: Review

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