Maternal re-partnering and new-partner fertility: Associations with nonresident father investments in children

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 426-436

  Berger, Lawrence M ^a   Cancian, Maria ^a   Meyer, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child support; Family structure; Father involvement; Multiple partner fertility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855899095     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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