The total cost of father desertion

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 755-763

  Winking, Jeffrey ^a   Gurven, Michael ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD REARING; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; SPOUSE;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL DEPRIVATION; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053919859     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21207     Document Type: Article

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