Informal unions in Mexico and the United States

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Heaton, Tim B ^a   Forste, Renata ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 33947144177     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.38.1.55     Document Type: Article

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