Beyond Employment and Income: The Association Between Young Adults' Finances and Marital Timing

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 424-436

  Dew, Jeffrey ^a   Price, Joseph ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Cohabitation; Consumer debt; Employment; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961172746     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-010-9214-3     Document Type: Article

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