Long-term marriage patterns in the United States from colonial times to the present

History of the Family

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-39

  Haines, Michael R ^a,b  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HISTORICAL SURVEY; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE AGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; HISTORICAL SURVEY; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE AGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; MARRIAGE; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030508774     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-602X(96)90018-4     Document Type: Article

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