Marriage, family and loneliness: A cross-national study

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 415-432

  Stack, Steven ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040635295     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389484     Document Type: Article

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