Early marriage in the United States

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 835-846

  Uecker, Jeremy E ^a   Stokes, Charles E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergent adulthood; Marriage; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; Union formation; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849432028     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00530.x     Document Type: Article

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