Are pregnant women happier? Racial and ethnic differences in the relationship between pregnancy and life satisfaction in the United States
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Keywords
Life satisfaction; Well-being; Pregnancy; Race; Ethnicity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D1 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior
- I00 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General - - - General
- Z1 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics
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