Who gets custody?

Demography

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-157

  Cancian, Maria ^a   Meyer, Daniel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CUSTODY; DIVORCE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POLICY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032065396     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3004048     Document Type: Article

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