The relative stability of cohabiting and marital unions for children

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-159

  Manning, Wendy D ^a   Smock, Pamela J ^b   Majumdar, Debarun ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Cohabitation; Divorce; Family structure; Marriage; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; ETHNICITY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; MARRIAGE;

EID: 1942424238     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POPU.0000019916.29156.a7     Document Type: Article

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