Fathers taking parental leave and their involvement with children: An exploratory study

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Seward, Rudy Ray ^a   Yeatts, Dale E ^a   Zottarelli, Lisa K ^a   Fletcher, Ryan G ^a  

^a Department of Sociology ^*

Author keywords

Childcare; Fathers; Parental leave; Parenting; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444451352     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800500421093     Document Type: Article

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