Money, marriage, and children: Testing the financial expectations and family formation theory

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-160

  Gibson Davis, Christina M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family structure; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey; Living arrangements; Low income families

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849087990     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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