Lower marriage and divorce rates among twins than among singletons in Danish birth cohorts 1940-1964

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 150-157

  Petersen, Inge ^a   Martinussen, Torben ^b   McGue, Matthew ^a,c   Bingley, Paul ^d   Christensen, Kaare ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d VIVE THE DANISH CENTER FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Divorce rate; Marriage rate; Register study; Singletons; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWINS;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DENMARK; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79953084415     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.14.2.150     Document Type: Article

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