Cohort Trends in Premarital First Births: What Role for the Retreat From Marriage?

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2075-2104

  England, Paula ^a   Wu, Lawrence L ^a   Shafer, Emily Fitzgibbons ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility; Marriage; Nonmarital births; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

BIRTH ORDER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889680454     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0241-1     Document Type: Article

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