A shortage of marriageable men? A note on the role of cohabitation in black-white differences in marriage rates

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 973-983

  Raley, R Kelly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

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EID: 0000350073     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096303     Document Type: Article

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