Frequency of church attendance in Australia and the United States: Models of family resemblance

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-107

  Kirk, K M ^a,d   Maes, H H ^b   Neale, M C ^b   Heath, A C ^c   Martin, N G ^a   Eaves, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Church attendance; Cultural inheritance; Extended kinship model; Religion; Twin environment; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MALE; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; RELIGION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032842671     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/136905299320565960     Document Type: Article

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