Wives' income and marital quality: Are there reciprocal effects?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 123-132

  Rogers, Stacy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital quality; Wives' income; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033074695     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353888     Document Type: Article

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