The rising share of nonmarital births: Fertility choice or marriage behavior?

Demography

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-253

  Gray, Jo Anna ^a   Stockard, Jean ^a   Stone, Joe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 33747440026     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2006.0012     Document Type: Review

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