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The effects of risk aversion on life insurance ownership of single-parent households

Youngwon NamDepartment of Human Science, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Sherman D. HannaDepartment of Human Science, College of Education and Human Ecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5395-9560
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Pages 1285-1288 | Published online: 18 Nov 2018

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