Cross-national variations in divorce: Effects of women's power, prestige and dependence

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Greenstein, Theodore N ^a   Davis, Shannon N ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Divorce; Women's labor force participation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY COUNSELING; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; MARRIED WOMAN; PATIENT AUTONOMY; RELIGION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL WELFARE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33745805202     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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