Secular change in degree of assortative mating for ability?

1 January 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Behavior Genetics

Vol. 10 (1), 1-8
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01067315

Abstract

An examination of published studies of assortative mating indicates that there may have been a secular change in degree of assortative mating, with more recent studies showing a decrease in homogamy.

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