Marital age homogamy in China: a reversal of trend in the reform era?

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  2014

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  Social Science Research

• Publication date

  2014-03-01

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  Sociology, Medicine, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.11.005PMID 24468440PMCID PMC3992877
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