Patterns of work and schooling in young adulthood

Sociological Forum

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 731-755

  Cooksey, Elizabeth C ^a   Rindfuss, Ronald R ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Event sequencing; Schooling; Work; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039296377     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012842230505     Document Type: Article

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