Parent-only care: A child care choice for working couple families?

Family Matters

Volumn 79, Issue , 2008, Pages 42-49

  Gray, Matthew ^a   Baxter, Jennifer ^a   Alexander, Michael ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES   (Australia)

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EID: 70149105618     PISSN: 10302646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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