The effect of school performance upon marriage and long-term reproductive success in 10,000 Swedish males and females born 1915-1929

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 425-435

  Goodman, Anna ^a   Koupil, Ilona ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fertility; Intelligence; Marriage; Reproductive success; School performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957752987     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.06.002     Document Type: Article

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