Comparing Marital Status and Divorce Status in Civilian and Military Populations

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1572-1594

  Karney, Benjamin R ^a   Loughran, David S ^b   Pollard, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

dissolution; divorce; marital transitions; military families; military marriage; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868289590     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12439690     Document Type: Article

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