Childbearing Across Partnerships in Australia, the United States, Norway, and Sweden

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 485-508

  Thomson, Elizabeth ^a   Lappegård, Trude ^b   Carlson, Marcia ^c   Evans, Ann ^d   Gray, Edith ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Half sibling; Multipartnered Fertility; Repartnering; Stepfamily

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MOTHERS; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897508823     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0273-6     Document Type: Article

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