Maternal employment and time with children: Dramatic change or surprising continuity?

Demography

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 401-414

  Bianchi, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0034329768     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648068     Document Type: Article

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