Money management and views of civil partnership in same-sex couples: results from a UK survey of non-heterosexuals

Sociological Review

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 685-706

  Burgoyne, Carole ^a   Clarke, Victoria ^b   Burns, Maree ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Eating Difficulties Education Network   (New Zealand)

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EID: 80155168913     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2011.02032.x     Document Type: Article

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