Annual Review of Sociology· 2013Q1· Review
Trends and Variation in Assortative Mating: Causes and Consequences
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Assortative mating, the tendency for people to marry partners with similar characteristics, has seen explanations shift from modernization theory to those emphasizing economic and gender inequality, with recent empirical tests exploring its consequences for inequality and population composition.
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