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Peer reviewedSouth, Scott J. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1996
Examines simultaneously the influence of mate availability and other factors on the transition to first marriage and the transition to a first premarital birth. Found that the supply of available mates in the local marriage market has somewhat paradoxical effects on the probability of becoming an unmarried mother. (63 references) (RJM)
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Births to Single Women, Early Parenthood, Family Size
