Sexual frequency and the stability of marital and cohabiting unions

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 983-1000

  Yabiku, Scott T ^a   Gager, Constance T ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Dissolution; Divorce; Marriage; Sexual frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350518533     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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