Stay-at-Home Fathers: Definition and Characteristics Based on 34 Years of CPS Data

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1651-1673

  Kramer, Karen Z ^a   Kelly, Erin L ^b   McCulloch, Jan B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

family demography; gender roles; household living arrangements; stay at home fathers; work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940554873     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X13502479     Document Type: Article

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