Can't afford a baby? Debt and young Americans

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-122

  Nau, Michael ^a   Dwyer, Rachel E ^a   Hodson, Randy ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth of first child; Credit card; Debt; Home mortgage; Life course

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947867768     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2015.05.003     Document Type: Article

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