Marital quality of black and white adults over the life course

Journal of Social and Personal Relationships

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-384

  Adelmann, Pamela K ^a   Chadwick, Kirsten ^b   Baerger, Dana Royce ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethnicity race; Life course; Marital quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030523620     PISSN: 02654075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0265407596133004     Document Type: Article

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