Opinion, dialogue, review: Time for (more) time-use studies - Studying the daily activities of children

Childhood

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 225-248

  Ben Arieh, Asher ^a   Ofir, Anat ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Ctr for Res and Public Education   (Israel)

Author keywords

Children's activities; Daily activities; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038170584     PISSN: 09075682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0907568202009002805     Document Type: Review

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