Links between premarital cohabitation and subsequent marital quality, stability, and divorce: A comparison of covenant versus standard marriages

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 454-470

  Brown, Susan L ^a   Sanchez, Laura Ann ^a   Nock, Steven L ^b   Wright, James D ^c  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Divorce; Marital quality; Marriage; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646805768     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.03.001     Document Type: Article

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