The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys

Population Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 273-288

  Dronkers, Jaap ^a   Harkonen, Juho ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Fertility and Family Survey; Intergenerational transmission

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DIVORCE; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55049102754     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720802320475     Document Type: Article

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