Patterns behind unmarried cohabitation trends in Europe

European Societies

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-325

  Kasearu, Kairi ^a   Kutsar, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Divergence and convergence of family patterns; European countries; Family change

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956309082     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2010.493586     Document Type: Article

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