New fathers?: Residential fathers' time with children in four countries

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-450

  Hook, Jennifer L ^a   Wolfe, Christina M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child care; cross national; fathers; time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857845488     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11425779     Document Type: Article

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