'Grandparents are the next best thing': Informal childcare for working parents in Urban Britain

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 441-463

  Wheelock, Jane ^a   Jones, Katharine ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE;

EID: 0036315553     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279402006657     Document Type: Article

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