Children's Health and Their Mother's Risk of Divorce or Separation

Social Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 159-169

  Joesch, Jutta M ^a   Smith, Ken R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIVORCE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MARRIAGE; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; RISK FACTORS--DETERMINANTS; SEPARATION; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STATISTICS; STUDIES; TIME; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; BIOLOGY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HEALTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; PARENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTORS--DETERMINANTS; SEPARATION; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031217103     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1997.9988944     Document Type: Article

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