Perceptions of arranged marriages by young Pakistani Muslim women living in a western society

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Zaidi, Arshia U ^a   Shuraydi, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEOLOGY; INTERVIEW; MARRIAGE; MATE CHOICE; METHODOLOGY; MOSLEM; PAKISTAN; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIETY; THEORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036744925     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.33.4.495     Document Type: Review

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