Childbearing in Cohabitational Relationships

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 281-292

  Wu, Zheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childbearing in cohabitation; First births; Premarital cohabitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0010043151     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353495     Document Type: Article

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