Fathers' involvement with their nonresident children and material hardship

Social Service Review

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-38

  Nepomnyaschy, Lenna ^a   Garfinkel, Irwin ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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EID: 79952847391     PISSN: 00377961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/658394     Document Type: Article

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