New Jersey's family cap and welfare births: An examination of racial differences in fertility within the framework of proximate determinants

Journal of Urban Affairs

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 357-376

  Jagannathan, Radha ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; FAMILY PLANNING; RACIAL DISPARITY;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141940588     PISSN: 07352166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9906.00166     Document Type: Article

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