Migration and marriage among Puerto Rican women

International Migration Review

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 460-484

  Ortiz, Vilma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY INDICATORS; IMMIGRANT PEOPLE; MARITAL STATUS; MIGRATION PATTERN; RETURN MIGRATION; WOMEN'S MIGRATION;

PUERTO RICO; USA, NEW YORK, NEW YORK;

EID: 0030474778     PISSN: 01979183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2547390     Document Type: Article

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