Long-term effects of divorce on parent-child relationships: Within-family comparisons of fathers and mothers

European Sociological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 888-898

  Kalmijn, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84883437742     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcs066     Document Type: Article

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