Consequences of young mothers' marital histories for children's cognitive development

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-261

  Cooksey, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's cognitive development; Mother's marital histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039415118     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353468     Document Type: Article

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