Valuing childcare: Troubles in Suburbia

Antipode

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 581-602

  Pratt, Geraldine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; GENDER DISPARITY; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN SOCIETY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 11144265480     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8330.00340     Document Type: Article

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