Parental divorce and union disruption among young adults in Sweden

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 688-713

  Gähler, Michael ^a,b   Hong, Ying ^a   Bernhardt, Eva ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Divorce; Intergenerational transmission; Sweden; Union disruption

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249165600     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X08331028     Document Type: Article

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