Attitudes on marriage and new relationships: Cross-national evidence on the deinstitutionalization of marriage

Demographic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1495-1526

  Treas, Judith ^a   Lui, Jonathan ^a   Gubernskaya, Zoya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 84902449188     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.30.54     Document Type: Article

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