Kin relationships and the caregiving biases of grandparents, aunts, and uncles : AAAA two-generational questionnaire study

Human Nature

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 311-330

  Pashos, Alexander ^a   McBurney, Donald H ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric caregiving; Aunts and uncles; Grandparents; Kin investment; Matrilineal family ties; Paternity certainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 59849107266     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-008-9046-0     Document Type: Article

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