Household composition across the new Europe: Where do the new Member States fit in?

Demographic Research

Volumn 25, Issue , 2011, Pages 465-490

  Iacovou, Maria ^a   Skew, Alexandra J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80054073115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.14     Document Type: Article

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