Explaining black southern migrants' advantage in family stability: The role of selective migration

Social Forces

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 555-571

  Wilson, Thomas C ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0038110252     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2001.0113     Document Type: Review

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