Singles' relational attitudes in a time of individualization

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 938-949

  Poortman, Anne Rigt ^a   Liefbroer, Aart C ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cohabitation; Marriage; Panel data; Singlehood; Singles

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958463583     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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