The Protective Effect of Marriage for Survival: A Review and Update

Demography

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 481-506

  Rendall, Michael S ^a   Weden, Margaret M ^a   Favreault, Melissa M ^b   Waldron, Hilary ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Marital status; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957642626     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0032-5     Document Type: Article

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