Historical trends in divorce in the United States

Handbook of Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 41-57

  Amato, Paul R ^a   Irving, Shelley ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781315820880-11     Document Type: Chapter

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