His or her divorce? The gendered nature of divorce and its determinants

European Sociological Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-214

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a   Poortman, Anne Rigt ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 33749581997     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jci052     Document Type: Review

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