Marital dissolution in Japan: Recent trends and patterns

Demographic Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2004, Pages 395-420

  Raymo, James M ^a   Iwasawa, Miho ^b   Bumpass, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF POPULATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 27544496060     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.11.14     Document Type: Article

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