Family Selection of Child-Care Centers: The Influence of Household Support, Ethnicity, and Parental Practices

Child Development

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3320-3337

  Fuller, Bruce ^b   Holloway, Susan D ^a   Liang, Xiaoyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0030328943     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1996.tb01916.x     Document Type: Article

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