Socioeconomic determinants of first names

Names

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-41

  Bloothooft, Gerrit ^a   Onland, David ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; First names; Income; Lifestyle; Social classes

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATION; INCOME; LIVING STANDARD; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 79952398642     PISSN: 00277738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/002777311X12942225544679     Document Type: Article

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