Veteran Status, Extramarital Sex, and Divorce: Findings From the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1452-1473

  London, Andrew S ^a   Allen, Elizabeth ^b   Wilmoth, Janet M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

divorce; extramarital sex; infidelity; military families; veterans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884577218     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X12460510     Document Type: Article

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