Marital construction of family power among male-out-migrant couples in a Chinese village: A relation-oriented exchange model

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 663-691

  Zuo, Jiping ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Equal obligations; Family power; Male out migrant couples; Relation oriented exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549147815     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07308417     Document Type: Article

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