Gender and family ideals: An exploratory study of Black middle-class Americans

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 811-837

  Haynes, Faustina E ^a  

^a BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0034358872     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251300021007001     Document Type: Review

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