Far above rubies: Bride price and extramarital sexual relations in Uganda
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Keywords
Marriage; Extramarital relations; Bride price; Uganda; D13; I12; J13; 015;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
- I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
- J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
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