Age-heterogamy and Canadian unions

Social Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 277-293

  Wu, Zheng ^a,b   Burch, Karli Hailing ^a,b   Hart, Randy ^a,b   Veevers, Jean E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANADA; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0034286275     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2000.9989023     Document Type: Article

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