Assortative mating by ethnic background and education among individuals with an immigrant background in Sweden

Zeitschrift fur Familienforschung

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-88

  Çelikaksoy, Aycan ^a   Nekby, Lena ^b   Rashid, Saman ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Educational level; Ethnicity; Gender; Group size; Immigrant background; Marriage market; Parental characteristics; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953228354     PISSN: 14372940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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