Beyond the intergenerational transmission of divorce: Do people replicate the patterns of marital instability they grew up with?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1061-1086

  Wolfinger, Nicholas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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EID: 0034362505     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251300021008006     Document Type: Article

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