The Association Between Consumer Debt and the Likelihood of Divorce

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 554-565

  Dew, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer debt; Divorce; Gender; Marital conflict; Marital satisfaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 81455131595     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-011-9274-z     Document Type: Article

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