Men's career development and marriage timing during a period of rising inequality

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 311-330

  Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincade ^a   Kalmijn, Matthijs ^b   Lim, Nelson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER DEVELOPMENT; GENDER ISSUES; INCOME INEQUALITY; MARRIAGE TIMING; MEN'S EMPLOYMENT; SOCIAL TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0031200726     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3038286     Document Type: Article

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