Explaining the Early Development and Health of Teen Mothers' Children

Sociological Forum

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1010-1036

  Mollborn, Stefanie ^a   Dennis, Jeff A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Intergenerational transmission; Life course; Social inequality; Teen childbearing; Teenage motherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869033740     PISSN: 08848971     EISSN: 15737861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1573-7861.2012.01366.x     Document Type: Article

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