Intergenerational living arrangements in Myanmar and Thailand: a comparative analysis.
The present study compares living arrangements and related intergenerational support in Myanmar and Thailand based on recent national surveys of older persons in both countries and prior surveys in Thailand. The countries share relatively similar cultural contexts but differ radically in economic de...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21 |
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Springer Nature
Mar2015
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