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Gender and Aging in the Developing World: Where Are the Men?

dc.contributor.authorKnodel, Johnen_US
dc.contributor.authorOfstedal, Mary Bethen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T20:11:23Z
dc.date.available2010-06-01T20:11:23Z
dc.date.issued2003-12en_US
dc.identifier.citationKnodel, John; Ofstedal, Mary Beth (2003). "Gender and Aging in the Developing World: Where Are the Men?." Population and Development Review 29(4): 677-698. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/73312>en_US
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dc.identifier.issn1728-4457en_US
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dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltd.en_US
dc.rights2003 by The Population Council, Inc.en_US
dc.titleGender and Aging in the Developing World: Where Are the Men?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPopulation and Demographyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumJohn Knodel is Professor of Sociology, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.en_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumMary Beth Ofstedal is Associate Research Scientist, Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.en_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/73312/1/j.1728-4457.2003.00677.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00677.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourcePopulation and Development Reviewen_US
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