Marital transitions, parenting, and schooling: Exploring the link between family-structure history and adolescents' academic status

Sociology of Education

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-354

  Cavanagh, Shannon E ^a   Schiller, Kathryn S ^b   Riegle Crumb, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 33845497737     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003804070607900403     Document Type: Article

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