Boys as only-children and girls as only-children - Parental gendered expectations of the only-child in the nuclear Chinese family in present-day China

Gender and Education

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 491-505

  Liu, Fengshu ^a  

^a NONE   (Norway)

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EID: 33748677044     PISSN: 09540253     EISSN: 13600516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540250600881626     Document Type: Review

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