Making the move: Cultural and parental influences on Canadian young adults' homeleaving decisions

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Mitchell, Barbara A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 19444371347     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.35.3.423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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