Neighborhood poverty and nonmarital fertility: Spatial and temporal dimensions

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-104

  South, Scott J ^a   Crowder, Kyle ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic proximity; Neighborhood; Nonmarital parenting; Poverty; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149116187     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00685.x     Document Type: Article

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