Adolescents with nonresident fathers: Are daughters more disadvantaged than sons?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 650-662

  Mitchell, Katherine Stamps ^a   Booth, Alan ^b   King, Valarie ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Father child relations; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (ADD Health); Nonresidential parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749087731     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00624.x     Document Type: Article

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