Dissolution risks in first and higher order marital and cohabiting unions

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1431-1446

  Poortman, Anne Rigt ^a   Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STATISTICS NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Divorce; Marriage; Norway; Partnerships; Random effect; Remarriage; Selectivity; Separation; Union history; Union stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548979830     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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