Marriage, money, and african American mothers' self-esteem

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1188-1199

  Mandara, Jelani ^a   Johnston, Jamie S ^a   Murray, Carolyn B ^b   Varner, Fatima ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Marital status; Self esteem; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749177790     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00559.x     Document Type: Article

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