Family background and early life course transitions in Kinshasa

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1029-1037

  Tambashe, B Oleko ^b   Shapiro, David ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family background; Life course transitions; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039564218     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353989     Document Type: Article

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