The gender gap in the economic well-being of nonresident fathers and custodial mothers

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-203

  Bianchi, Suzanne M ^a   Subaiya, Lekha ^a   Kahn, Joan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIVORCE; ECONOMICS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; DIVORCE; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033125214     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648108     Document Type: Article

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