The course of marital success and failure in five American 10-year marriage cohorts

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 569-576

  Glenn, Norval D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort analysis; Life course perspective; Marital quality; Marital success

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039065146     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353529     Document Type: Article

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