Family boundary ambiguity and the measurement of family structure: The significance of cohabitation

Demography

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-101

  Brown, Susan L ^a   Manning, Wendy D ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449164930     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0043     Document Type: Article

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