Partnerships at the 2006 census: Preliminary findings

People and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-39

  Heard, Genevieve ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; MARRIAGE; POPULATION DECLINE;

EID: 44249085440     PISSN: 10394788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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