Marriage, cohabitation and childcare: The US and Sweden

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-140

  Ono, Hiromi ^a   Yeilding, Rosemary ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; COHABITATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MARRIAGE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649528462     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-008-9417-2     Document Type: Article

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