Education, educational heterogamy, and self-assessed health in Europe: A multilevel study of spousal effects in 29 European countries

European Sociological Review

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 261-276

  Huijts, Tim ^a   Monden, Christiaan W S ^b   Kraaykamp, Gerbert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77953279917     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcp019     Document Type: Article

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