Parental divorce and partnership dissolution in adulthood: Evidence from a British cohort study

Population Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-48

  Kiernan, Kathleen E ^a   Cherlin, Andrew J ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; MARRIAGE; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032993080     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720308068     Document Type: Article

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