When Dad Stays Home Too: Paternity Leave, Gender, and Parenting

Gender and Society

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 110-132

  Rehel, Erin M ^a  

^a YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fatherhood; gender; parenting; paternity leave

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892514797     PISSN: 08912432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891243213503900     Document Type: Article

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