Intergenerational Transmission of Conjugal Stability in a Caribbean Community

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages

  Quinlan, Robert J ^a   Flinn, Mark V ^b  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Conjugal stability; Dominica; Evolution; Family environment; Father absence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNITY; DOMINICA; EVOLUTION; FAMILY; FATHER CHILD RELATION; HUMAN; MODEL; PARENTHOOD; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0142014425     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.34.4.569     Document Type: Review

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