The diffusion of cohabitation among young women in West Germany, East Germany and Italy;Diffusion de la cohabitation chez les jeunes femmes en Allemagne de l'ouest, de l'est et en Italie

European Journal of Population

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-82

  Nazio, Tiziana ^a   Blossfeld, Hans Peter ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Diffusion; Family formation; Social modelling; Structural equivalence

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; FAMILY STRUCTURE; MARRIAGE;

GERMANY; ITALY;

EID: 0037288280     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022192608963     Document Type: Article

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