Caring for Infant Daughters and Sons in Dual-Earner Households: Maternal Reports of Father Involvement in Weekday Time and Tasks

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 305-320

  Manlove, Elizabeth E ^a   Vernon Feagans, Lynne ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Father involvement; Infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036446442     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.260     Document Type: Article

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