Children's initiative in contributions to family work in indigenous-heritage and cosmopolitan communities in Mexico

Human Development

Volumn 57, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 96-115

  Alcalá, Lucía ^a   Rogoff, Barbara ^a   Mejía Arauz, Rebeca ^b   Coppens, Andrew D ^a   Dexter, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children's initiative; European American; Family household work; Indigenous; Mexican

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; COOKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MEXICO; PLAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; UNITED STATES; WORK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPENSATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; EXTENDED FAMILY; FAMILY RELATION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PUNISHMENT; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WORK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84902660481     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000356763     Document Type: Article

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