Mothers' employment, parental involvement, and the implications for intermediate child outcomes

Social Science Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-49

  Zick, Cathleen D ^a   Bryant, W Keith ^b   Österbacka, Eva ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child outcomes; Mothers' employment; Parent child time; Parental involvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041832318     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.2000.0685     Document Type: Article

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