Older women’s financial resources and perception of financial adequacy

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 67-81

  Goetting, Marsha A ^a   Valora Raiser, M ^a   Martin, Peter ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^b   Johnson, Mary Ann ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 85011188920     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v07n04_06     Document Type: Article

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