The long-term rewards of parenting: Older adults' marital history and the likelihood of receiving support from adult children

Ageing International

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 49-69

  De Jong Gierveld, Jenny ^a   Dykstra, Pearl A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Current partner status; Marital history; Older adults; Support from children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930513223     PISSN: 01635158     EISSN: 1936606X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12126-003-1002-z     Document Type: Article

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