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Persons > Spouses
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Social Sciences > Sociology > Sociological Factors > Family > Spouses
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Psychology, Social > Family > Spouses
... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychology > Psychology, Social > Family > Spouses

Preferred term

Spouses  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Married Person
  • Married Persons
  • Person, Married
  • Persons, Married
  • Spouse

Note

  • husbands, wives, or partners as persons: differentiate from MARRIAGE, the sociol or anthropol concept

Scope note

  • Married persons, i.e., husbands and wives, or partners. Domestic partners, or spousal equivalents, are two adults who have chosen to share their lives in an intimate and committed relationship, reside together, and share a mutual obligation of support for the basic necessities of life.

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • puolisot

    Finnish

  • aviopuoliso
  • aviopuolisot
  • avopuoliso
  • avopuolisot
  • elämänkumppani
  • elämänkumppanit
  • partneri
  • partnerit
  • puoliso
  • Makar

    Swedish

  • Gifta
  • Gifta personer
  • Maka
  • Make
  • Partners
  • Rapportering till make
  • Sambor
  • Äkta par

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018454

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