Does Marriage Increase the Odds of Affluence? Exploring the Life Course Probabilities

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 927-938

  Hirschl, Thomas A ^a   Altobelli, Joyce ^a   Rank, Mark R ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affluence; Family structure; Gender inequality; Life course; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345358598     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00927.x     Document Type: Article

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