Education, values, and cohabitation in Sweden

Marriage and Family Review

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 1-21

  Thomson, Elizabeth ^a,b   Bernhardt, Eva ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Family values; Sweden; Transition to adulthood; Union formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949564922     PISSN: 01494929     EISSN: 15409635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01494921003648431     Document Type: Article

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