Relationship quality among cohabitors and marrieds in older adulthood

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 777-786

  Brown, Susan L ^a   Kawamura, Sayaka ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cohabitation; Marriage; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955558394     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.04.010     Document Type: Article

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