“I Want a Better Life for Her”: Father-Adolescent Daughter Relationships in a Minority, Low-Income South African Community

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 441-465

  Lesch, Elmien ^a   Scheffler, Frederika ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

father adolescent daughter relationships; low income; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938857454     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494929.2015.1059786     Document Type: Article

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