Secondary data analysis in family research

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 891-907

  Hofferth, Sandra L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Data analysis; Data sets; Families; Households; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745303932     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2005.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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