Families formed outside of marriage

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1247-1268

  Seltzer, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Childrearing; Cohabitation; Couples; Nonmarital childbearing; Nonmarital families

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034311269     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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