Mothers' work hours and marital quality: Variations by family structure and family size

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 606-617

  Rogers, Stacy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family size; Marital quality; Parenthood; Remarriage; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040304508     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353721     Document Type: Article

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