Contemporary work and family issues affecting marriage and cohabitation among low-income single mothers

Family Relations

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 647-661

  Joshi, Pamela ^a   Quane, James M ^b   Cherlin, Andrew J ^c  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Economic stability; Marriage; Nonstandard work schedules; Welfare welfare reform; Work and families

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949090347     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2009.00581.x     Document Type: Article

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