Changing marriage patterns since 1970: What's going on, and why?

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 537-556

  Lee, Gary R ^a   Payne, Krista K ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957078668     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.41.4.537     Document Type: Article

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