Longitudinal analyses of the effects of age, marriage, and parenthood on social contacts and support

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 177-190

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Life course; Marriage and family; Social contacts; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867897225     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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