Early teen marriage and future poverty

Demography

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 689-718

  Dahl, Gordon B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; POVERTY; STUDENT DROPOUTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955980067     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0120     Document Type: Article

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