Cohabiting and marriage during young men's career-development process

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 127-149

  Oppenheimer, Valerie Kincade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAREER MOBILITY; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037636598     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180815     Document Type: Article

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