Debt change and marital satisfaction change in recently married couples

Family Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-71

  Dew, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt; Marital satisfaction; Marriage; Newlyweds

Indexed keywords

EID: 38049087760     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2007.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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