Planned and unplanned childbearing among unmarried women

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 915-929

  Musick, Kelly ^a  

^a KAP 352 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Birth planning status; Cohabitation; Family change; Nonmarital childbearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036858704     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2002.00915.x     Document Type: Article

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