Transitionless biographies?: Youth and representations of solo living

Young

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-371

  Molgat, Marc ^a   Vézina, Mireille ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Biography; Living alone; Sociology of youth; Transitions; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149498223     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/110330880801600401     Document Type: Article

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