Reduced female marriage opportunity and history of single parenthood

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 648-651

  Barber, Nigel ^a,b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BIRMINGHAM SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

England; Historical trends; Illegitimacy; Marriage market; Scotland; Single parenthood; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 8644274642     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022104270108     Document Type: Article

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