Good mothers, bad mothers: Exploring the relationship between attitudes towards nonmaternal childcare and mother's labour force participation

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-82

  McDonald, Paula K ^a   Bradley, Lisa M ^a   Guthrie, Diane ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Childcare; Labour Force Participation; Motherhood; Nonmaternal Care; Part time

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144467966     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.327.11.1.62     Document Type: Article

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