Socioeconomic status, Education, and reproduction in modern women: An evolutionary perspective

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 578-587

  Huber, Susanne ^a   Bookstein, Fred L ^b,c   Fieder, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CENSUSES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; PARITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957265953     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21048     Document Type: Article

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