Fragile families and the marriage agenda

Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-21

  McLanahan, Sara S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child well being; marriage; non marital fertility; parental relationships; social policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884168477     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-26025-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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