Maternal mental health, neighborhood characteristics, and time investments in children

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 605-620

  Frech, Adrianne ^a   Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Early childhood; Fragile families; Mothers; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956197915     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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