Nonresident fathers and children: Parents' new unions and frequency of contact

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1220-1245

  Juby, Heather ^a   Billette, Jean Michel ^b   Laplante, Benoît ^b   Le Bourdais, Céline ^c  

^a Centre Interuniversitaire Québécois de Statistiques Sociales   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact with children; Family transitions; Nonresident fathers; Remarriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547681853     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07302103     Document Type: Article

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