Partnerships & parenthood: A comparative view of cohabitation, marriage, and childbearing

The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries Are Shrinking and What It Means

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 129-149

  Thomson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 84905597772     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410612854     Document Type: Chapter

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