Parent status and generativity within the context of race

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 171-195

  Newton, Nicky ^a   Baltys, Izora ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84899015155     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.78.2.e     Document Type: Article

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