Divorce risk factors and their variations over time in Spain

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 771-800

  Bernardi, Fabrizio ^a   Martínez Pastor, Juan Ignacio ^b  

^a EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 80054054832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.31     Document Type: Article

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