Socioeconomic Marriage Differentials in Australia and New Zealand

Population and Development Review

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-160

  Heard, Genevieve ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; MARRIAGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; MARRIAGE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MARRIAGE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES;

AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79952465038     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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