Filial norms and intergenerational support to aging parents in China and Taiwan

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Ju Ping ^a   Yi, Chin Chun ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adult children; Aging parents; Filial norms; Intergenerational relations; Intergenerational support

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052516313     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: 14682397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2011.00824.x     Document Type: Article

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