Intergenerational support: The role of gender and social networks

Active Ageing and Solidarity Between Generations in Europe

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 359-368

  Craveiro, Daniela ^a   Matos, Alice Delerue ^a   Silva, Sara Gabriela ^a   Martinez Pecino, Roberto ^b   Schouten, Maria Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

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