Serial cohabitation and the marital life course

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 861-878

  Lichter, Daniel T ^a   Qian, Zhenchao ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Dissolution; Divorce; Life course; Marriage; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 54849441463     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2008.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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