Stay in school, don't become a parent: Teen life transitions and cumulative disadvantages for voter turnout

American Politics Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-56

  Pacheco, Julianna Sandell ^a   Plutzer, Eric ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early parenthood; Lifecycle transition; Political participation; Voter turnout; Youth voting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751335205     PISSN: 1532673X     EISSN: 15523373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1532673X06292817     Document Type: Article

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