Taller indian women are more successful at the marriage market

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 473-478

  Smits, Jeroen ^a   Monden, Christiaan W S ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; WIDOW;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIDOWHOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862122338     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22248     Document Type: Article

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