Black single fathers: Choosing to parent full-time

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-439

  Coles, Roberta L ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 10644271424     PISSN: 08912416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891241602031004002     Document Type: Article

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