On gifts, payments and disputes: Divorce and changing family structures in contemporary Britain

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 731-745

  Simpson, Bob ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; CHILD SUPPORT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIVORCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY SIZE; FATHER; JUVENILE; MARRIAGE; MOTHER; NORTHERN EUROPE; NUPTIALITY; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD SUPPORT; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EUROPE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FATHERS; MOTHERS; NORTHERN EUROPE; NUPTIALITY; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD REARING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FATHERS; GREAT BRITAIN; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031302656     PISSN: 13590987     EISSN: 14679655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3034036     Document Type: Article

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