Veteran status, race-ethnicity, and marriage among fragile families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 768-786

  Usdansky, Margaret L ^a   London, Andrew S ^a   Wilmoth, Janet M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethnicity; Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing; Marriage; Military; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 68749121702     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00632.x     Document Type: Article

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