Fathers' caregiving in low-income Africa
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Hossain, Ziarat ;Field, Tiffany ;Pickens, Jeffrey ;Malphurs, Julie ;Del Valle, C
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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The present study assessed fathers' and mothers' relative involvement in infant caregiving tasks in 34 low-income AfricanยฑAmerican and HispanicยฑAmerican families. Analysis showed that involvement in childcare differed as a function of the gender of the parent. Fathers spent one half the time mothers