Understanding the Importance of Parental Time With Children: Comment on Milkie, Nomaguchi, and Denny (2015)

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 262-265

  Kalil, Ariel ^a   Mayer, Susan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood children; Families and work; Time use; Unpaid family work; Work family balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955705628     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12261     Document Type: Article

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