Cross-national research using contemporary birth cohort studies: A look at early maternal employment in the UK and USA

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 379-404

  Crosby, Danielle A ^a   Hawkes, Denise D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35648981149     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570701677151     Document Type: Article

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