Investments in Marriage and Cohabitation: The Role of Legal and Interpersonal Commitment

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 357-376

  Poortman, Anne Rigt ^a   Mills, Melinda ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Commitment; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858673555     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: 17413737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2011.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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