Education, work and family decision making: Finding the "right time" to have a baby

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-533

  Ranson, Gillian ^a  

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EID: 0040575823     PISSN: 00084948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-618x.1998.tb00734.x     Document Type: Article

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