Wealth and the marital divide

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 627-667

  Schneider, Daniel ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OWNERSHIP; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053556503     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/661594     Document Type: Article

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