CHILDLESSNESS AMONG OLDER WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES: TRENDS AND PROFILES

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  2006

• Venue

  Journal of Marriage and Family

• Publication date

  2006-11-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1111/J.1741-3737.2006.00312.X
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