Father involvement in childrearing and the perceived stability of marriage

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 409-421

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childrearing; Fathers; Investment hypothesis; Marital stability; Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130597     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353758     Document Type: Article

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