The social construction of adulthood: Menarche and motherhood

Demographic and sociological theories usually do not incorporate biological variable into their explanations. This dissertation addresses this void by examining the influence of age at menarche on age at first birth, the event of a first birth, and the number of children ever born (CEB). I expand on...

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Main Author: McKibben, Sherry Lynne
Other Authors: Poston, Dudley L.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1645