Social Change and the Timing of Family Transitions in West Germany: Evidence from cohort comparisons

Time & Society

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-129

  Scherger, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

destandardization; life course; marriage; moving out of the parental home; parenthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 60749120942     PISSN: 0961463X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961463X08099947     Document Type: Article

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