Adolescent childbearing, poverty, and siblings: Taking new direction from the new literature

Family Relations

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-292

  East, Patricia L ^a   Jacobson, Leanne J ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent childbearing; Adolescent pregnancy; Differential parenting; Parental investment; Poverty; Siblings

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034214538     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2000.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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