Relatives as spouses: Preferences and opportunities for kin marriage in a western society

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 793-804

  Bras, Hilde ^a   Van Poppel, Frans ^b   Mandemakers, Kees ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL HISTORY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; CULTURE; FAMILY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIGREE; PROTESTANTISM; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450162902     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20896     Document Type: Article

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