Family instability and pathways to adulthood in Cape Town, South Africa

Population and Development Review

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 231-256

  Goldberg, Rachel E ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FAMILY STRUCTURE; ORPHAN; YOUNG POPULATION;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 84878804910     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00590.x     Document Type: Article

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