Socioeconomic differentials in divorce risk by duration of marriage

Demographic Research

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 537-563

  Jalovaara, Marika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Divorce; Finland; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042645815     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2002.7.16     Document Type: Article

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