Marriage following adolescent parenthood: Relationship to adult well-being

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1136-1144

  Gillmore, Mary Rogers ^a,c   Lee, Jungeun ^b   Morrison, Diane M ^b   Lindhorst, Taryn ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage; Nonmarital childbearing; Selection; Teenage childbearing

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749159250     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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