Mother and grandmother parenting in low-income three-generation rural households

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1241-1257

  Barnett, Melissa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent mothers; Grandparents; Multigenerational; Parenting; Poor families; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749175570     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00563.x     Document Type: Article

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