Using kin for child care: Embedment in the socioeconomic networks of extended families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 845-857

  Uttal, Lynet ^a  

^a School of Human Ecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Extended family networks; Familism; Race; Racial ethnic; Relatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040293748     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/354007     Document Type: Review

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