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Marriage, Kids, and the Picket Fence? Household Type and Wealth among U.S. Households, 1989 to 2019. 婚姻、孩子和尖桩篱笆?1989年至2019年美国家庭类型与财富

IF 3.4 2区社会学

Sociological Science Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI: 10.15195/v9.a7

Christine Percheski, Christina M Gibson-Davis

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