The time allocation to children by parents in Europe

International Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 827-845

  Gauthier, Anne H ^a,b   DeGusti, Berenice ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family; parenting; social welfare

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867954726     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580912443576     Document Type: Article

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