Men, Money, and Marriage: Are High Earners More Prone Than Low Earners to Marry?

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-82

  Nakosteen, Robert A ^b   Zimmer, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

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