Adolescents' expectations about mothers' employment: Life course patterns and parental influence

Sex Roles

Volumn 54, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 845-857

  Weinshenker, Matthew N ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Expectations; Life course; Mothers; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845345973     PISSN: 03600025     EISSN: 15732762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11199-006-9052-9     Document Type: Article

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