The gender divide in urban China: Singlehood and assortative mating by age and education
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2014.31.45
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China; gender; age;All these keywords.
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- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General
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