Educational differences in US parents' time spent in child care: The role of culture and cross-spouse influence

Social Science Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 971-988

  England, Paula ^a   Srivastava, Anjula ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Child care; Education; Family; Household work; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878361534     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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