Marriage (Still) Matters: The Contribution of Demographic Change to Trends in Childlessness in the United States

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1641-1661

  Hayford, Sarah R ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Childlessness; Decomposition; Fertility; Time trends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884739896     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0215-3     Document Type: Article

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