The dating game: An exercise illustrating the concepts of homogamy, heterogamy, hyperogamy, and hypogamy

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-149

  O'Brien, Eileen ^a   Foley, Lara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033234276     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1318700     Document Type: Article

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