Life satisfaction among rural Chinese grandparents: The roles of intergenerational family relationship and support exchange with grandchildren

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Xu, Ling ^a   Chi, Iris ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Grandparent; Life satisfaction; Rural China; Support exchange with grandchildren

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052509597     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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