The effect of marriage and divorce on women's economic well-being

American Sociological Review

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 794-812

  Smock, Pamela J ^a   Manning, Wendy D ^b   Gupta, Sanjiv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; MARRIAGE; WOMENS STATUS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033491113     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657403     Document Type: Article

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