African American and European American Women's Marital Well-Being

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 550-560

  Goodwin, Paula Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic resources; Individual resources; Interpersonal resources; Marriage; Race; Social resources; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042919518     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00550.x     Document Type: Review

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