Educational differences in parents' time with children: Cross-national variations

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1152-1169

  Sayer, Liana C ^a   Gauthier, Anne H ^b   Furstenberg Jr , Frank F ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child care; Cross national comparisons; Education; Gender; Time use; Welfare states

Indexed keywords

EID: 10844235663     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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