How cohabitors view childbearing

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-28

  Sassler, Sharon ^a   Cunningham, Anna ^b  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Cohabitation; Fertility; Marriage; Nonmarital births

Indexed keywords

EID: 40349098488     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15338673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2008.51.1.3     Document Type: Article

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