A Research Note on Time With Children in Different- and Same-Sex Two-Parent Families

Demography

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 905-918

  Prickett, Kate C ^a   Martin Storey, Alexa ^b   Crosnoe, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Family structure; Gender; LGBT; Parenting; Time use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930866715     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-015-0385-2     Document Type: Article

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