Four decades of trends in attitudes toward family issues in the United States: The 1960s through the 1990s

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1009-1037

  Thornton, Arland ^a   Young DeMarco, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family attitudes; Family norms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035511456     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.01009.x     Document Type: Article

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