Australian fathers' work and family time in comparative and temporal perspective

Journal of Family Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 165-174

  Craig, Lyn ^a   Mullan, Killian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF FAMILY STUDIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Childcare; Comparison; Cross national; Fathers; Time use; Work family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874253647     PISSN: 13229400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jfs.2012.18.2-3.165     Document Type: Article

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