Marriage patterns among unwed mothers: Before and after PRWORA

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 479-497

  Graefe, Deborah Roempke ^a   Lichter, Daniel T ^b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Policy Analysis and Management ^*

^c Department of Sociology at Cornell University ^*

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EID: 49149130874     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20352     Document Type: Article

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