Early family formation among White, Black, and Mexican American women

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-474

  Landale, Nancy S ^a   Schoen, Robert ^a   Daniels, Kimberly ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbearing; Cohabitation; Ethnicity; Marriage; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649247475     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09342847     Document Type: Article

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