Partnership transitions and mental distress: Investigating temporal order

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 879-890

  Blekesaune, Morten ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Fixed effects models; Marital status; Mental health; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849408190     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00533.x     Document Type: Article

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