Shared beliefs and the union stability of married and cohabiting couples

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1015-1028

  Hohmann Marriott, Bryndl E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Consensus; Division of labor; Marriage; Similarity; Union dissolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749559676     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2006.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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