Marriage timing over the generations

Human Nature

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-22

  Van Poppel, Frans ^a   Monden, Christiaan ^b   Mandemakers, Kees ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age at marriage; Familial effects; Intergenerational transmission; Multilevel models; Netherlands; Social class

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149162784     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-008-9033-5     Document Type: Article

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