Non-residential fatherhood and child involvement: Evidence from the millennium cohort study

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 651-669

  Kiernan, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH DATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; PARENTAL CARE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748492330     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279406000122     Document Type: Article

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