Quality of life of single mothers by choice in Israel: A comparison to divorced mothers and married mothers

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 7-28

  Segal Engelchin, Dorit ^a   Wozner, Yochanan ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Paternal involvement; Quality of life; Single motherhood; Single mothers by choice (SMC)

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544443419     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v37n04_02     Document Type: Article

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