Fatherhood and men's lives at middle age

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-130

  Eggebeen, David J ^a   Dew, Jeffrey ^b   Knoester, Chris ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fathers; Men; Middle age

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949107617     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09341446     Document Type: Article

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