Banking on families: How families generate and distribute social capital

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 809-821

  Furstenberg, Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Measurement; Norms; Social capital; Sociological theory; Theoretical problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745302773     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00177.x     Document Type: Article

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