What's love got to do with it?: Economic viability and the likelihood of marriage among African American men

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 370-386

  James, Angela D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33744855725     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.29.2.373     Document Type: Article

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