"Living apart together" relationships in the United States

Demographic Research

Volumn 21, Issue , 2009, Pages 177-214

  Strohm, Charles Q ^a   Seltzer, Judith A ^a   Cochran, Susan D ^a   Mays, Vickie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70149101559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.7     Document Type: Article

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