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Marriage distances among the Afroamericans of Bluefields, Nicaragua

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Gianfranco Biondi ,
Olga Rickards ,
Carmela R. Guglielmino  and
Gian Franco De Stefano
Gianfranco Biondi
Affiliation:
Department of Animal Biology, University of Turin
Olga Rickards
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Tor Vergata University, Rome
Carmela R. Guglielmino
Affiliation:
Department of Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pavia, Italy
Gian Franco De Stefano
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Tor Vergata University, Rome
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Summary

In a sample of 311 couples from the Afroamerican community of Bluefields, Eastern Nicaragua, the distribution of matrimonial distance shows a deviation from the leptokurtic rule. This results from assortative mating among the population.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , October 1993 , pp. 523 - 530
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Copyright © 1993, Cambridge University Press

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