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Could We Level the Playing Field? Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives, Nonmarital Fertility, and Poverty in the United States
Lawrence L. Wu, Nicholas D. E. Mark
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2018, 4 (3) 144-166; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.08
Lawrence L. Wu
aProfessor of sociology and director of the NYU Population Center at New York University, Department of Sociology, New York University, Puck Building, 4th Floor, 295 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012
Nicholas D. E. Mark
bPhD candidate in sociology at New York University
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Lawrence L. Wu, Nicholas D. E. Mark
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Feb 2018, 4 (3) 144-166; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2018.4.3.08
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