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Appropriate Methods for Analyzing the Effect of Method Choice on Contraceptive Discontinuation

Fiona Steele, Sian L. Curtis
pp. 1-22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0009
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Family Size and Support of Older Adults in Urban and Rural China: Current Effects and Future Implications

Zachary Zimmer, Julia Kwong
pp. 23-44
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0010
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Declining Sex Differences in Mortality From Lung Cancer in High-Income Nations

Fred C. Pampel
pp. 45-65
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0007
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The Joint Effects of Marriage Partners' Socioeconomic Positions on the Risk of Divorce

Marika Jalovaara
pp. 67-81
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0004
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Educational Attainment and the Transition to First Marriage Among Japanese Women

James M. Raymo
pp. 83-103
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0008
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The Impact of Economic Resources on Premarital Childbearing and Subsequent Marriage Among Young American Women

Arnstein Aassve
pp. 105-126
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0001
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Cohabiting and Marriage During Young Men' s Career-Development Process

Valerie Kincade Oppenheimer
pp. 127-149
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0006
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Do Children From Welfare Families Obtain Less Education?

Inhoe Ku, Robert D. Plotnick
pp. 151-170
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0005
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Explaining Trends in Child Support: Economic, Demographic, and Policy Effects

Anne Case, I-Fen Lin, Sara McLanahan
pp. 171-189
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0002
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Parental Leave: The Impact of Recent Legislation on Parents' Leave Taking

Wen-Jui Han, Jane Waldfogel
pp. 191-200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2003.0003
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