Parenting across racial and class lines: Assortative mating patterns of new parents who are married, cohabiting, dating or no longer romantically involved

Social Forces

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 121-143

  Goldstein, Joshua R ^a   Harknett, Kristen ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 33749260740     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2006.0125     Document Type: Article

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