Case studies of surges in nonmarital births

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 30, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 127-151

  Abrahamson, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic dislocation; Nonmarital births; Value change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359388     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J002v30n01_09     Document Type: Article

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