Volume 49 - Article 20 | Pages 513–542
Religion and union dissolution: Effects of couple and municipal religiosity on divorce and separation
By Willem R. J. Vermeulen, Mioara Zoutewelle-Terovan, Niels Kooiman, Aart C. Liefbroer
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