Change in the association between premarital cohabitation and separation, australia 1945 - 2000

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 353-361

  Hewitt, Belinda ^a   De Vaus, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Demography; Event history analysis; Family structure; Marital separation divorce; Social change

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249187169     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00604.x     Document Type: Article

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