Magic Moment? Maternal Marriage for Children Born Out of Wedlock

Demography

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1345-1356

  Gibson Davis, Christina ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Marriage; Nonmarital childbearing; Race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLEGITIMACY; INFANT; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLEGITIMACY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905000249     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-014-0308-7     Document Type: Article

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