How American children spend their time

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 295-308

  Hofferth, Sandra L ^a   Sandberg, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Achievement; Behavior problems; Children; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035343836     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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