Less help for mother: The decline in coresidential female support for the mothers of young children, 1880-2000

Demography

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 617-629

  Short, Susan E ^a   Goldscheider, Frances K ^a   Torr, Berna M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33845498292     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2006.0038     Document Type: Article

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