Mother and worker? The negotiation of motherhood and paid employment in two urban neighborhoods

Urban Geography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 438-460

  Holloway, Sarah L ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; LABOR PARTICIPATION; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033364204     PISSN: 02723638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.20.5.438     Document Type: Article

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