Assisting parents and in-laws: Gender, type of assistance, and couples' employment

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 247-262

  Chesley, Noelle ^a,c   Poppie, Kyle ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b ACNielsen   (New Zealand)

^c 752 Bolton Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Dual earner; Paid work; Social support; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249118169     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00597.x     Document Type: Article

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