How well can we track cohabitation using the SIPP? A consideration of direct and inferred measures

Demography

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 455-465

  Baughman, Reagan ^a   Dickert Conlin, Stacy ^b   Houser, Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENSUSES; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036676239     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088326     Document Type: Article

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