Is marital quality declining? The evidence from two generations

Social Forces

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1089-1100

  Rogers, Stacy J ^a   Amato, Paul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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CULTURAL STUDY;

USA;

EID: 0031427741     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sf/75.3.1089     Document Type: Article

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