Kin Availability, Contact and Support Exchanges Between Adult Children and their Parents in Great Britain

Kinship Matters

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 195-215

  Grundy, Emily ^a   Murphy, Mike ^b,c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c Population Investigation Committee   (United Kingdom)

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