Changes in assortative mating: The impact of age and education, 1970-1990

Demography

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 279-292

  Qian, Zhenchao ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COURTSHIP; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COURTSHIP; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0032134690     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3004036     Document Type: Article

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