Family research from the life course perspective

International Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Huinink, Johannes ^a   Feldhaus, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Family dynamics; Life course research; Longitudinal studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 65449182432     PISSN: 02685809     EISSN: 14617242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0268580909102910     Document Type: Article

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