Desired characteristics of spouses and best friends: Do they differ by sex and/or gender?

Sociological Inquiry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 186-202

  Laner, Mary Riege ^a   Russell, J Neil ^a  

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-682X.1998.tb00460.x     Document Type: Article

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