Young Disadvantaged Men as Fathers

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 635, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-75

  Berger, Lawrence M ^a   Langton, Callie E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

disadvantaged fathers; fathering; fathers' involvement; nonresident fathers; resident fathers; social fathers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955544726     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716210393648     Document Type: Review

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