Redrawing the boundaries of marriage

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 980-987

  Kiernan, Kathleen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohabitation; Cross national comparisons; Cross national policies; Marriage

Indexed keywords

EID: 9544229687     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00068.x     Document Type: Review

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