Explaining divorce: An examination of the relationship between marital characteristics and divorce

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 125-145

  Terling Watt, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlates; Divorce; Gender; Marital qualities

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008829569     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v35n03_08     Document Type: Article

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