Informal ties of the unmarried in middle and later life: Who has them and who does not?

Sociological Spectrum

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-238

  Keith, Pat M ^a   Kim, Soyoung ^b   Schafer, Robert B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034395517     PISSN: 02732173     EISSN: 15210707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027321700279965     Document Type: Article

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