Ideational influences on the transition to parenthood: Attitudes toward childbearing and competing alternatives

Social Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-127

  Barber, Jennifer S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0035354435     PISSN: 01902725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3090128     Document Type: Article

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