Assessing the impact of violence on motivation for parenthood among Blacks and Whites

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 424-433

  Al Fadhli, Hussain M ^a   Smith, James Curtis ^a  

^a TOUGALOO COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0142258564     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2967145     Document Type: Article

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