Nonmarital cohabitation among older finnish men and women: Socioeconomic characteristics and forms of union dissolution

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-516

  Moustgaard, Heta ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Finland; Socioeconomic characteristics; Union dissolution

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOUSEHOLD; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; NONMARITAL COHABITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; AGE; ATTITUDE; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67650762649     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp024     Document Type: Article

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