Childlessness predicts helping of nieces and nephews in United States, 1910

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 761-770

  Pollet, Thomas V ^a   Dunbar, Robin I M ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY CENTERED CARE; FAMILY LIFE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD REARING; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 48249088513     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932007002659     Document Type: Article

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