A cross-national comparison of the impact of family migration on women's employment status

Demography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 201-213

  Boyle, Paul ^a   Cooke, Thomas J ^b   Halfacree, Keith ^b   Smith, Darren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0035344733     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088301     Document Type: Review

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