The educational gradient in marital disruption: A meta-analysis of European research findings

Population Studies

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 197-215

  Matysiak, Anna ^a,b   Styrc, Marta ^a   Vignoli, Daniele ^c  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

education; marital disruption; marriage; meta analysis; social change; socio economic status

Indexed keywords

DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; LIBERALIZATION; MARRIAGE; META-ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

EUROPE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MARRIAGE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SKILLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901434925     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324728.2013.856459     Document Type: Article

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