Premarital cohabitation and marital disruption among white, black, and Mexican American women

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 296-314

  Phillips, Julie A ^a,c   Sweeney, Megan M ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Divorce; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645714634     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2005.00117.x     Document Type: Review

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