Number of children desired and preferred spousal age difference: Context-specific mate preference patterns across 37 cultures

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 323-331

  Buss, David M ^a   Shackelford, Todd K ^b   LeBlanc, Gregory J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context specific mate preference; Number of children desired; Preferred spousal age difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259761     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(00)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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