Female Mobility and Postmarital Kin Access in a Patrilocal Society

Human Nature

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 377-393

  Scelza, Brooke A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Himba; Postmarital residence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MIGRATION; NAMIBIA; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; NAMIBIA; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; TRAVEL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 82355191487     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-011-9125-5     Document Type: Article

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