Religious involvement and attitudes toward parenting among low-income Urban women

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 882-900

  Hill, Terrence D ^a,d   Burdette, Amy M ^b   Regnerus, Mark ^c   Angel, Ronald J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Low income; Parenting attitudes; Religion; Urban families and communities

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649083035     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07311949     Document Type: Article

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