Family ties and the discontinuity of divorce in black and white newlywed couples

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 349-361

  Timmer, Susan G ^a   Veroff, Joseph ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California State University ^*

Author keywords

Children of divorce; Divorce; Kin networks; Life course; Marital satisfaction; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034178472     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2000.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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