Low attendance by fathers at family literacy events: Some tentative explanations

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 107-119

  Macleod, Flora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attendance of fathers; Family literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890228002     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0030443001610109     Document Type: Article

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