Anthropometry and socioeconomics among couples: Evidence in the United States

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 373-384

  Oreffice, Sonia ^a   Quintana Domeque, Climent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMI; Height; Marriage market; Weight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349305944     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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