Elderly widowhood in China

Asian Population Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 7-16

  Jiang, Quanbao ^a   Li, Xiaomin ^a   Sánchez Barricarte, Jesús J ^b  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Life table; Marriage duration; Widowhood; Widowhood age; Widowhood duration

Indexed keywords

AGE; CENSUS; ELDERLY POPULATION; GENDER; LIFE TABLE; MARRIAGE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA;

EID: 84954386431     PISSN: 17441730     EISSN: 17441749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441730.2014.981328     Document Type: Article

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