@article{ref1,
title="The regional variation of divorce rates in Japan and the United States",
journal="Journal of  divorce and remarriage",
year="1993",
author="Lester, David and Abe, Kiyoko",
volume="21",
number="1-2",
pages="227-230",
abstract="The strongest correlate of regional variations in the divorce rate in Japan was the economy (unemployment) whereas the strongest correlate in the United States was social stress (rates of personal violence-suicide and homicide).<p />",
language="en",
issn="1050-2556",
doi="10.1300/J087v21n01_12",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J087v21n01_12"
}