Parental cohabitation and children's economic well-being

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 998-1010

  Manning, Wendy D ^b   Lichter, Daniel T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's well being; Cohabitation; Family structure; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007256844     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353986     Document Type: Article

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