People who live apart together (LATs): New family form or just a stage?

International Review of Sociology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 513-532

  Duncan, Simon ^a   Phillips, Miranda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

couples; family; individualisation; intimacy; living apart together

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858677300     PISSN: 03906701     EISSN: 14699273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03906701.2011.625660     Document Type: Article

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