Financial management, financial problems and marital satisfaction among recently married university students

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 55-65

  Kerkmann, Barbara C ^a   Lee, Thomas R ^b   Lown, Jean M ^b   Allgood, Scot M ^b  

^a Box Elder Family Support Center   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Family relations; Financial management; Financial problems; Marital satisfaction; Newlyweds

Indexed keywords

EID: 47649084015     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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