Work demands of dual-earner couples: Implications for parents' knowledge about children's daily lives in middle childhood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 465-475

  Bumpus, Matthew F ^a   Crouter, Ann C ^a   McHale, Susan M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Dual earner couples; Middle childhood; Parental knowledge; Parental monitoring; Work stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130304     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353762     Document Type: Article

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