Trends in the Formation and Dissolution of Couples

The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 306-321

  Paetsch, Joanne J ^a   Bala, Nicholas M ^b   Bertrand, Lorne D ^c   Glennon, Lisa ^d  

^a Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demographic information; Dissolution of couples; Duration of marriages; Formation of couples; Marriage rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744795867     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470999004.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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