Balancing expectations for employability and family responsibilities while on social assistance: Low-income mothers' experiences in three Canadian provinces

Family Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 454-466

  Gazso, Amber ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Mothers; Social assistance; Welfare to work; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849026045     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00473.x     Document Type: Article

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