Things change: Women's and men's marital disruption dynamics in Italy during a time of social transformations, 1970-2003

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 145-174

  Salvini, S ^a   Vignoli, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 79955572404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.5     Document Type: Article

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