Sense and sensibility: Cohabitation in 'cohabitation land'

Sociological Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 444-462

  Syltevik, Liv Johanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 77955150519     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01932.x     Document Type: Article

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