Cohabitation in Great Britain: Not for long, but here to stay

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 153-171

  Ermisch, John ^a,b   Francesconi, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Delayed marriage; First partnership; Union stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034359272     PISSN: 09641998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-985X.00163     Document Type: Article

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