Women's marital naming choices in a nationally representative sample

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 681-701

  Gooding, Gretchen E ^a   Kreider, Rose M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b U S CENSUS BUREAU   (United States)

Author keywords

American Community Survey; Marital naming; Surname; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949888963     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X09344688     Document Type: Article

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