Parent's time with children: Does time matter for children's cognitive achievement?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-126

  Hsin, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; PARENTAL CARE; TIME ALLOCATION;

EID: 67649515994     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9413-6     Document Type: Article

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