Effects of family instability, income, and income instability on the risk of a premarital birth

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 386-406

  Wu, Lawrence L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 0001148766     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096355     Document Type: Article

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