Support to aging parents and grown children in black and white families

Gerontologist

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 441-452

  Fingerman, Karen L ^a   VanderDrift, Laura E ^a   Dotterer, Aryn M ^a   Birditt, Kira S ^b   Zarit, Steven H ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Black family; Family; Family diversity; Grown children; Intergenerational transfers; Parents; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PHILADELPHIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80053001351     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq114     Document Type: Article

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