Unintended fertility and the stability of coresidential relationships

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1138-1151

  Guzzo, Karen Benjamin ^a   Hayford, Sarah R ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Marriage; Unintended fertility; Union stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863094878     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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