Leisure time: Do married and single individuals spend it differently?

Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-274

  Lee, Yoon G ^a   Bhargava, Vibha ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family well being; Leisure time; Marital status

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646575337     PISSN: 1077727X     EISSN: 15523934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077727X03261631     Document Type: Article

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