Differential assortative mating found for academic and demographic variables as a function of time of assessment.

doi:10.1007/BF01066332

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Differential assortative mating found for academic and demographic variables as a function of time of assessment.

Behavior genetics - 1 Mar 1991

Gilger J W

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The purpose of this study was to examine changes in spousal similarity that occur as a function of time of assessment and to assess the extent to which assortment is a function of initial versus "realized" similarity. Similarity for academic achievement test scores obtained when adults were in el...

Topics

Achievement
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Intelligence Tests
Male
Marriage
Occupations
Phenotype
Regression Analysis
Retrospective Studies
Social Class

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