Family life in power couples: Continued childbearing and union stability among the educational elite in Sweden, 1991-2005

Demographic Research

Volumn 23, Issue , 2010, Pages 847-878

  Dribe, Martin ^a   Stanfors, Maria ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 78049459692     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.30     Document Type: Article

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