New Estimates on the Effect of Parental Separation on Child Health

Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-199

  Liu, Shirley H ^a   Heiland, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Outcome; Child Wellbeing; Ordinary Little Square; Propensity Score; Romantic Relationship

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957350738     PISSN: 18772560     EISSN: 22151990     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9967-0_8     Document Type: Chapter

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