Single mothers, social capital, and work-family conflict

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-60

  Ciabattari, Teresa ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Low income families; Single mothers; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751405196     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X06292809     Document Type: Article

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