Deciphering community and race effects on adolescent premarital childbearing

Social Forces

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1379-1407

  South, Scott J ^a   Baumer, Eric P ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

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EID: 0034336209     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/78.4.1379     Document Type: Article

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