Explaining Race and Ethnic Variation in Marriage: Directions for Future Research

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-142

  Raley, R Kelly ^a   Sweeney, Megan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Marriage; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955531938     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-009-9013-3     Document Type: Article

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