Premarital characteristics, selection into marriage, and African American marital disruption

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Clarkwest, Andrew ^a  

^a Population Studies Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY STUDY; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33747604863     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.37.3.361     Document Type: Review

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