Unmarried cohabitation and union stability: Testing the role of diffusion using data from 16 European countries

Demography

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-221

  Liefbroer, Aart C ^a,b,c   Dourleijn, Edith ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Erasmus University ^*  (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33747385739     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2006.0018     Document Type: Article

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