Reproducing the Asian family across the generations: "tradition", gender and expectations in Singapore

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 61-86

  Graham, Elspeth ^a   Teo, Peggy ^b   Yeoh, Brenda S A ^b   Levy, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 0038622273     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/b8413168-en     Document Type: Article

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