Beyond single mothers: Cohabitation and marriage in the afdc program

Demography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 259-278

  Moffitt, Robert A ^a   Reville, Robert ^c   Winkler, Anne E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032134802     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3004035     Document Type: Article

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