Interracial-interethnic unions and fertility in the United States

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 783-795

  Fu, Vincent Kang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth rates; Cohabitation; Interethnic; Interracial; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749130802     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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