Divorce motives in a period of rising divorce: Evidence from a Dutch life-history survey

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 483-505

  De Graaf, Paul M ^a   Kalmijn, Matthijs ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohorts; Divorce; Emancipation; Life course; Motives

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646724778     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X05283982     Document Type: Article

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