On a new schedule: Transitions to adulthood and family change

Future of Children

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-87

  Furstenberg Jr , Frank F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; NUCLEAR FAMILY; POLICY; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CHANGE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952305036     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.0.0038     Document Type: Article

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