Bringing up Bobby and Betty: The inputs and outputs of childcare time

Family Time: The Social Organization of Care

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 93-109

  Ironmonger, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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EID: 84909367914     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203411650     Document Type: Chapter

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