Unhappily ever after: Effects of long-term, low-quality marriages on well-being

Social Forces

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 451-471

  Hawkins, Daniel N ^a   Booth, Alan ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 27144559592     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2005.0103     Document Type: Review

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