Child support, father-child contact, and preteens' involvement with nonresidential fathers: Racial/ethnic differences

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-32

  Hofferth, Sandra L ^a   Forry, Nicole D ^b   Peters, H Elizabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CHILD TRENDS   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support; Divorce; Father involvement; Parent child contact

Indexed keywords

EID: 76349118560     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-009-9172-9     Document Type: Article

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