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Heterogeneous Household Change Among Children

Kristin L. Perkins
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2024, 10 (1) 82-102; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2024.10.1.04
Kristin L. Perkins
aAssistant professor of sociology at Georgetown University, United States
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