The acquisition of family financial roles and responsibilities

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-340

  Clarke, Maribeth C ^a   Heaton, Martie B ^a   Israelsen, Craig L ^a   Eggett, Dennis L ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial tasks; Parental modeling; Transference of financial tasks within families

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247664340     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X04274117     Document Type: Article

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