Financial Arrangements and Relationship Quality in Low-Income Couples

Family Relations

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 408-423

  Addo, Fenaba R ^a   Sassler, Sharon ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Bank account; Cohabitation; Financial arrangements; Low income; Relationship quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956528819     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2010.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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