Who contacts whom? Educational homophily in online mate selection

European Sociological Review

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-195

  Skopek, Jan ^a   Schulz, Florian ^a   Blossfeld, Hans Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 79953691135     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: 14682672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcp068     Document Type: Article

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