Active Phenotypic Assortment in Mate Selection: Self-descriptions and Sought-for Attributes of Mates in Dating Advertisements

Social Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 258-264

  Sakai, Derek K ^a   Johnson, Ronald C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COURTSHIP; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0031217075     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1997.9988952     Document Type: Article

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