Mothers' and Fathers' Work Hours, Child Gender, and Behavior in Middle Childhood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-74

  Johnson, Sarah ^a   Li, Jianghong ^b   Kendall, Garth ^a   Strazdins, Lyndall ^c   Jacoby, Peter ^d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^c The Australian National University   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

maternal employment; mental health; middle childhood; parental investment involvement; paternal employment; work hours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872511463     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2012.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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