Living Separately as a Child-Care Strategy: Implications for Women's Work and Family in Urban Thailand

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 327-339

  Richter, Kerry ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Fosterage; Thailand; Women's employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000150922     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353499     Document Type: Article

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