Contemporaneous versus retrospective reports of cohabitation in the fragile families survey

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 469-477

  Teitler, Julien O ^a   Reichman, Nancy E ^b,c   Koball, Heather ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Recall bias; Relationship histories; Union dissolution; Union formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645723294     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00265.x     Document Type: Review

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