Mate-Selection Systems and Criteria: Variation according to Family Structure.

Lee, Gary R.; Stone, Lorene Hemphill

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Publication Date: 1980-May

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Mate-Selection Systems and Criteria: Variation according to Family Structure.

Lee, Gary R.; Stone, Lorene Hemphill

Journal of Marriage and the Family, v42 n2 p319-26 May 1980

Autonomous mate selection based on romantic attraction is more likely to be institutionalized in societies with nuclear family systems. Neolocal residence customs increase the probability that mate selection is autonomous but decrease the probability that it is based on romantic attraction. (Author)

Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Influence, Family Structure, Interpersonal Attraction, Marriage, Mate Selection, Nuclear Family

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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