Partner supply in Britain and the US: Estimates and gender contrasts

Population

Volumn 60, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 37-64

  Ní Bhrolcháin, Máire ^a   Sigle Rushton, Wendy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; GENDER; MARRIAGE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750618533     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3917/pope.501.0037     Document Type: Article

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