Stability of marital and cohabiting unions following a first birth

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 713-727

  Wu, Lawrence L ^a   Musick, Kelly ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Cohabitation; Marriage; Union dissolution; Union stability

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILDBEARING; COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MARRIAGE;

EID: 55149110563     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9093-6     Document Type: Article

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