Men's and women's pathways to adulthood and their adolescent precursors

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1436-1453

  Oesterle, Sabrina ^a   David Hawkins, J ^a   Hill, Karl G ^a   Bailey, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Latent class analysis; Life course; Social roles; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957226698     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00775.x     Document Type: Article

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