The cohabitation effect on divorce: Causation or selection?

Journal of Divorce and Remarriage

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 101-122

  Woods, LaKeesha N ^a   Emery, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Divorce

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009607796     PISSN: 10502556     EISSN: 15404811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J087v37n03_06     Document Type: Article

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