Marriage Markets and Marital Choice

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 412-431

  Lichter, Daniel T ^a   Anderson, Robert N ^a   Hayward, Mark D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84970382074     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/019251395016004001     Document Type: Article

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