Why do couples with highly educated parents have higher divorce rates?

European Sociological Review

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-60

  Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

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EID: 32644450228     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jci041     Document Type: Article

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