The Relationship Between Cohabitation and Marital Quality and Stability: Change Across Cohorts?

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 539-549

  Dush, Claire M Kamp ^a   Cohan, Catherine L ^a   Amato, Paul R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Divorce; Marital quality; Marital stability; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042919519     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2003.00539.x     Document Type: Review

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