Changing marital and family patterns: A test of the post-modern perspective

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 381-413

  Jacques, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS--CHANGES; FAMILY SIZE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; MASS MEDIUM; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS--CHANGES; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; MASS MEDIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MARRIAGE; MASS MEDIA; NORTH AMERICA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032217069     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389483     Document Type: Article

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