Why and How Working Women Choose Child Care: A Review with a Focus on Infancy

Developmental Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 31-96

  Pungello, Elizabeth Puhn ^a   Kurtz Costes, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0346242666     PISSN: 02732297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/drev.1998.0468     Document Type: Article

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