A comparative analysis of leaving home in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany

Demographic Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 565-592

  Mulder, Clara H ^a   Clark, William A V ^b   Wagner, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Household; Netherlands; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345944995     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2002.7.17     Document Type: Article

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