The impact of economic resources on premarital childbearing and subsequent marriage among young American women

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 105-126

  Aassve, Arnstein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGLE PARENT; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0037636602     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180814     Document Type: Article

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