Economic status in later life among women who raised children outside of marriage

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Johnson, Richard W ^a   Favreault, Melissa M ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PENSION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RETIREMENT; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELLBEING;

EID: 9644268025     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/59.6.S315     Document Type: Article

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