Are men or women more reluctant to marry in couples sharing a non-marital birth?

Gender Issues

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 20-43

  Shafer, Emily Fitzgibbons ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 51249134100     PISSN: 1098092X     EISSN: 19364717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12147-000-0021-2     Document Type: Article

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