Nonresident father involvement and adolescent well-being: Father effects or child effects?

American Sociological Review

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 990-1010

  Hawkins, Daniel N ^a   Amato, Paul R ^b   King, Valarie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; FAMILY STRUCTURE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOCIAL IMPACT;

EID: 37749000650     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240707200607     Document Type: Article

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