Predictors of leaving home in young adults raised in Germany: A replication of a 1991 study

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 505-515

  Juang, Linda P ^a   Silbereisen, Rainer K ^a   Wiesner, Margit ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Leaving home; Social change; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130594     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353765     Document Type: Article

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