Explaining cross-national differences in marriage, cohabitation, and divorce in Europe, 1990-2000

Population Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 243-263

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Divorce; Europe; Marriage; Secularization

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DIVORCE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; MARRIAGE; MODELING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 35848945709     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720701571806     Document Type: Article

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