Marital status and other correlates of personal bankruptcy, 1986-2004

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 5-32

  Caputo, Richard K ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chapter 13; Chapter 7; Consumer bankruptcy; Debt; Economic risk; Financial well being; Marital status; Personal bankruptcy

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849122356     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494920802184952     Document Type: Article

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