Explaining family change and variation: Challenges for family demographers

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 908-925

  Seltzer, Judith A ^a   Bachrach, Christine A ^b   Bianchi, Suzanne M ^c   Bledsoe, Caroline H ^d   Casper, Lynne M ^e   Chase Lansdale, P Lindsay ^d   Diprete, Thomas A ^f   Hotz, V Joseph ^a   Morgan, S Philip ^g   Sanders, Seth G ^c   Duncan, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^g DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Family theory; Fertility; Intergenerational relationships; Marriage; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745112571     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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