Incorporating health into models of marriage choice: Demographic and sociological perspectives

Journal of Marriage and Family

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 740-758

  Fu, Haishan ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marriage and health; Marriage rates; National longitudinal study of youth; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039562115     PISSN: 00222445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/353733     Document Type: Review

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