Paternal involvement in child care as a function of maternal employment in nuclear and extended families in India

Sex Roles

Volumn 40, Issue 9-10, 1999, Pages 731-744

  Suppal, Preeti ^b   Roopnarine, Jaipaul L ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS--WOMEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; RESEARCH; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS--WOMEN; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; INDIA; PARENTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN ASIA; STUDIES; SURVEYS; WOMEN;

ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; INDIA; PARENTS; RESEARCH; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0033237307     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018808718351     Document Type: Article

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