Is the United States experiencing a "matrilineal tilt?": Gender, family structures and financial transfers to adult children

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1753-1776

  Clark, Shelley ^a   Kenney, Catherine ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78049314682     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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