A cross-national multi-level study of family meals

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 349-365

  Davidson, Rebecca ^a   Gauthier, Anne H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

family meals; multi level analysis; parental investment; post materialism

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODEL; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957276668     PISSN: 00207152     EISSN: 17452554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020715210376853     Document Type: Article

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