Parental beliefs about nonresident fathers' obligations and rights

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 382-398

  Lin, I Fen ^a   McLanahan, Sara S ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support; Decision making; Gender; Nonresident father; Visitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147198201     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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