Educational attainment and the transition to first marriage among Japanese women

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-103

  Raymo, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 0038460254     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3180813     Document Type: Article

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