Far above rubies: Bride price and extramarital sexual relations in Uganda

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1177-1187

  Bishai, David ^a   Grossbard, Shoshana ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bride price; Extramarital relations; Marriage; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955574192     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-008-0226-3     Document Type: Article

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