As good as it gets? A life course perspective on marital quality

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 493-511

  Umberson, Debra ^a,e   Williams, Kristi ^b   Powers, Daniel A ^a   Chen, Meichu D ^c   Campbell, Anna M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 27144551917     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0131     Document Type: Review

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