Life course transitions of American children: Parental cohabitation, marriage, and single motherhood

Demography

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 205-217

  Graefe, Deborah Roempke ^a   Lichter, Daniel T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; LIFE TABLE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LIFE TABLES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033125870     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648109     Document Type: Article

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