Canadian Families' Strategies for Employment and Care for Preschool Children

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-84

  Ornstein, Michael ^a   Stalker, Glenn J ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childcare; Couples; Employment; Gender; Household Division of Labor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870758174     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12442824     Document Type: Article

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