Life Course Changes of Children and Well-being of Parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 269-280

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a   De Graaf, Paul M ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demographic events; Divorce; Intergenerational relationships; Life course; Marriage; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858665392     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00961.x     Document Type: Article

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