Attitudes toward childbearing among young parents

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 568-581

  Groat, H Theodore ^a   Giordano, Peggy C ^a   Cernkovich, Stephen A ^a   Pugh, M D ^a   Swinford, Steven P ^a,b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Gender; Race; Unwanted pregnancy; Value of children

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040569597     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353946     Document Type: Article

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