Securing Fatherhood Through Kin Work: A Comparison of Black Low-Income Fathers and Families in South Africa and the United States

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 801-822

  Madhavan, Sangeetha ^a,b   Roy, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

fathers; global inequalities; kin; poverty; South Africa; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860496573     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X11426699     Document Type: Article

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