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Welfare Reform and Female Headship

John M. Fitzgerald, David Christopher Ribar
pp. 189-212
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0014
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The Impact of Welfare Reform on Marriage and Divorce

Marianne Bitler, Jonah B. Gelbach, Hilary Williamson Hoynes, Madeline Zavodny
pp. 213-236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0011
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Union Formation in Fragile Families

Marcia Carlson, Sara McLanahan, Paula England
pp. 237-261
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0012
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Gender Differences in the Marriage and Cohabitation Income Premium

Audrey Light
pp. 263-284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0016
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Self-care: Why Do Parents Leave Their Children Unsupervised?

Lynne M. Casper, Kristin Smith
pp. 285-301
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0013
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Continuous and Robust Measures of the Overweight Epidemic: 1971-2000

Dean Jolliffe
pp. 303-314
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0015
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Decomposition of Differences in Health Expectancy by Cause

Wilma J. Nusselder, Casper W. N. Looman
pp. 315-334
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0017
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A New Method for Correcting Underestimation of Disabled Life Expectancy and Application to the Chinese-Oldest Old

Yi Zeng, Danan Gu, Kenneth C. Land
pp. 335-361
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0018
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The Household Registration System and Social Stratification in China: 1955-1996

Xiaogang Wu, Donald J. Treiman
pp. 363-384
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2004.0010
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