Coming of Age in Times of Change: The Transition to Adulthood in China

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 646, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 149-171

  Yeung, Wei Jun Jean ^a   Hu, Shu ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

China; cohort analysis; transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873276978     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716212468667     Document Type: Article

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