Lessons learned from non-marriage experiments

Future of Children

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 155-178

  Schneider, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84944742460     PISSN: 10548289     EISSN: 15501558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/foc.2015.0017     Document Type: Article

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