Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ270922
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982
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The Married, the Formerly Married and the Never Married: Support System Differentials of Older Women in Planned Retirement Communities.
Longino, Charles F., Jr.; Lipman, Aaron
International Journal of Aging and Human Development, v15 n4 p285-97 1982
Explored nature of informal supports given to older women, depending upon their marital status and presence of living children. Interviewed 371 noninstitutionalized female residents of life care communities. Women who were presently, or who had been married, received more emotional, social, and instrumental support from their family members. (Author)
Descriptors: Family Role, Females, Marital Status, Older Adults, Parent Child Relationship, Services, Social Support Groups, Spouses, Widowed
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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