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Educational homogamy and assortative mating have not increased [PDF]
, 2016 Some economists have argued that assortative mating between men and women has increased over the last several decades, thereby contributing to increased family income inequality. Sociologists have argued that educational homogamy has increased.
Gihleb, Rania, Lang, Kevin
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Parental Loss in Early Years and Adult Family Formation: Evidence From U.S. Cohorts Born 1850–1910
Journal of Marriage and Family, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective This paper examines the long‐term impact of parental loss in early years on family formation as adults in U.S. cohorts born between 1850 and 1910, focusing on age assortative mating and the timing of first childbirth. Background Early parental loss can profoundly shape children's adult family formation trajectories.
Giulia Corti, Saverio Minardi
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Heliyon, 2021 Gender differences in mate selection criteria across cultures are common. In various cross-cultural research, these gender differences are explained by different socio-cultural theories.
Md. Nurul Islam
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Hybridity of mainly asexually propagating duckweeds in genus Lemna – dead end or breakthrough?
New Phytologist, EarlyView.Summary The cosmopolitan, mainly vegetatively propagating, organ‐reduced monocotyledonous aquatic duckweeds are the smallest and fastest growing angiosperms, distributed world‐wide and flower rarely in nature. Recently, we reported intra‐ and interspecific hybrids and ploidy variants in the genus Lemna.
Yuri Lee +10 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2019 This study examined the association between mental rotation ability and facial masculinity preference in gay and bisexual men in China. The participants (436 gay/bisexual men, 132 heterosexual men, and 254 heterosexual women) completed an online Shepard ...
Lijun Zheng
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The stochastic encounter-mating model
, 2016 We propose a new model of permanent monogamous pair formation in zoological populations with multiple types of females and males. According to this model, animals randomly encounter members of the opposite sex at their so-called firing times to form ...
Gün, Onur, Yilmaz, Atilla
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Gender Differences in the Timing and Chances of Parenthood Across Regions
Population, Space and Place, Volume 32, Issue 1, January 2026.ABSTRACT An increasing number of studies have examined fertility variation at the regional level within countries, but this research has largely focused on women. As a result, our knowledge of regional variation in male fertility remains limited. The current study addresses this research gap by examining how the timing and chances of parenthood vary ...
Jessica Nisén +3 more
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Examination of acculturation processes in Vojvodina based on mixed marriages [PDF]
Sociološki Pregled, 2008 This paper analyzes ethnically mixed marriages contracted in the territory of Vojvodina, Serbia, between 1956 and 2004. Acculturation is examined based on heterogeneous marriages between Serbs, Hungarians, Slovaks, Romanians, Montenegrins and Croats. The
Sokolovska Valentina
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Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, Volume 27, Issue 11, Page 6284-6293, November 2025.Abstract Aims This study investigated the prevalence and concordance of cardiometabolic risk markers among couples after a gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)‐affected pregnancy. It also examined whether selected demographic, socioeconomic and health behavioural factors could explain within‐couple associations.
Majken Lillholm Pico +11 more
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Socio-economic homogamy and its effects on the stability of cohabiting unions
Finnish Yearbook of Population Research, 2015 The tendency towards socio-economic homogamy – partner similarity in terms of socio-economic status – is of great interest to social scientists, for two reasons.
Elina Mäenpää
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