Gender differences in the social and economic burdens of parenting and psychological distress

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 809-823

  Bird, Chloe E ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Depression; Gender; Marital quality; Parenthood; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040007232     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353784     Document Type: Article

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