Volume 33 - Article 3 | Pages 65–92
Educational differences in early childbearing: A cross-national comparative study
By James Raymo, Marcia Carlson, Alicia VanOrman, Sojung Lim, Brienna Perelli-Harris, Miho Iwasawa
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