Changing courses: The pendulum of family transitions in comparative perspective

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Mitchell, Barbara A ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFESTYLE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33747586749     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.37.3.325     Document Type: Review

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