Early union formation in Canada: Links with education

European Journal of Population

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 339-368

  Hango, Darcy W ^a   Le Bourdais, Céline ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Education; Union formation; Young adults

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EDUCATION; MARRIAGE; STUDENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34848884175     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-007-9129-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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