Economic potential and entry into marriage and cohabitation

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 351-367

  Xie, Yu ^a   Raymo, James M ^b   Goyette, Kimberly ^c   Thornton, Arland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CENSUSES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MICHIGAN; PROBABILITY; SEX FACTORS; SINGLE PERSON; SPOUSES;

EID: 0141939588     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180805     Document Type: Article

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