Family structure and voter turnout

Social Forces

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1513-1528

  Wolfinger, Nicholas H ^a   Wolfinger, Raymond E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 46449135415     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.0.0031     Document Type: Article

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