Gender distrust and intimate unions among low-income Hispanic and African American women

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-498

  Estacion, Angela ^a   Cherlin, Andrew ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Family formation; Gender distrust; Hispanics; Marriage; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649243728     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09343528     Document Type: Article

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