Marital, reproductive, and educational behaviors covary with life expectancy

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1409-1414

  Krupp, Daniel Brian ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abortion; Divorce; Education; Life expectancy; Marriage; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BIRTH RATE; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876489903     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9949-z     Document Type: Article

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