Union Formation in Later Life: Economic Determinants of Cohabitation and Remarriage Among Older Adults

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1103-1125

  Vespa, Jonathan ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Marriage; Older adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864091215     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-012-0102-3     Document Type: Article

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