A not-so-grim tale: How childhood family structure influences reproductive and risk-taking outcomes in a historical U.S. population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Sheppard, Paula ^a   Garcia, Justin R ^b   Sear, Rebecca ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; CHILDHOOD FAMILY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FAMILY DISRUPTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY; SIBLING; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTING; PARENTS; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE-PARENT FAMILY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897139062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089539     Document Type: Article

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