The impact of splitting up and divorce on housing careers in the UK

Housing Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 483-507

  Feijten, Peteke ^a   van Ham, Maarten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divorce; Homeownership; Housing career; Longitudinal data; Residential mobility; Union dissolution

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DIVORCE; HOMEOWNERSHIP; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING CONDITIONS; LOGISTICS; PANEL DATA; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952606232     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673031003711477     Document Type: Article

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