Continuity and change in marital quality between 1980 and 2000

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-22

  Amato, Paul R ^a   Johnson, David R ^a   Booth, Alan ^a   Rogers, Stacy J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition analysis; Family change; Family demography; Marital quality; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037325371     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00001.x     Document Type: Review

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