Women's socioeconomic characteristics and marital patterns in a rapidly developing Muslim society, Kuwait

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Shah, Nasra M ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; FAMILY; KUWAIT; MARRIAGE; MOSLEM; REVIEW; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 19444383480     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.35.2.163     Document Type: Review

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