Determinants of out-of-school childcare arrangements among children in single-mother and two-parent families

Social Science Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 129-147

  Brandon, Peter D ^a   Hofferth, Sandra L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0037346999     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0049-089X(02)00022-4     Document Type: Article

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