Secularization, Union Formation Practices, and Marital Stability: Evidence from Italy;Sécularisation, Pratiques de Mise en Union et Stabilité des Mariages: Le Cas de l'Italie

European Journal of Population

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-138

  Impicciatore, Roberto ^a,b   Billari, Francesco C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Civil marriage; Marital instability; Multiprocess models; Pre marital cohabitation; Religion; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

COHABITATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DIVORCE; MARRIAGE; RELIGION;

ITALY;

EID: 84862207009     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10680-012-9255-4     Document Type: Article

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