The Effects of Parental Education and Family Income on Mother-Child Relationships, Father-Child Relationships, and Family Environments in the People's Republic of China

Family Process

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 483-497

  Zhang, Xiao ^a  

^a THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Family Income; Family Investment; Family Stress; Father Child Relationships; Parental Education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84870919598     PISSN: 00147370     EISSN: 15455300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2011.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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