Intergenerational relationships and union stability in fragile families

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1220-1233

  Högnäs, Robin S ^a   Carlson, Marcia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragile families; Intergenerational relationships; Union stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957227623     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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