Family Structure Transitions and Changes in Maternal Resources and Well-being

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-47

  Osborne, Cynthia ^a   Berger, Lawrence M ^b   Magnuson, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Family instability; Marriage; Maternal well being; Poverty

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856514521     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0080-x     Document Type: Article

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