Overview Chapter 4: Changing family and partnership behaviour: Common trends and persistent diversity across Europe

Demographic Research

Volumn 19, Issue , 2008, Pages 85-138

  Sobotka, Tomáš ^a   Toulemon, Laurent ^b  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

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EID: 46849101522     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.6     Document Type: Review

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