Parental age difference, educationally assortative mating and offspring count: Evidence from a contemporary population in Taiwan

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 562-566

  Tsou, Meng Wen ^a   Liu, Jin Tan ^b   Hammitt, James K ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Education; Offspring count

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; EDUCATION; FERTILITY; INCOME; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TRADE-OFF; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SOCIAL CLASS; TAIWAN;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79960859612     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1208     Document Type: Article

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