Educational homogamy lowers the odds of reproductive failure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Huber, Susanne ^a,b   Fieder, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL HOMOGAMY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; UNITED STATES; AGE; CHILD; INFERTILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 79960876488     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022330     Document Type: Article

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