Living arrangements and family formation attitudes in early adulthood

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 595-611

  Axinn, William G ^a   Barber, Jennifer S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cohabitation; Family formation; Living arrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039976761     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353948     Document Type: Article

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