The breaking-down of marriage in Italy: Trends and trendsetters

Population Review

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-109

  Gabrielli, Giuseppe ^a   Vignoli, Daniele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consensual union; Educational gradient; Geographical gradient; Italy; Life courses; Marital dissolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878779090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15490955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/prv.2013.0005     Document Type: Article

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