Those They Leave Behind: Paternal Incarceration and Maternal Instrumental Support

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1149-1165

  Turney, Kristin ^a   Schnittker, Jason ^b   Wildeman, Christopher ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exchange relationships; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study; Incarceration; Perceived support; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866745412     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.00998.x     Document Type: Article

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