Marriage as a reproductive contract: Patterns of Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage

Ethology and Sociobiology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 363-377

  Buckle, Leslie ^a   Gallup Jr , Gordon G ^a   Rodd, Zachary A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Hypergamy; Marriage; Remarriage; Reproduction; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000174174     PISSN: 01623095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3095(96)00075-1     Document Type: Article

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