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SUBMITTER: Daw J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6711384 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Daw Jonathan J Verdery Ashton M AM Margolis Rachel R
Population and development review 20160806 3
Kinship networks are important but remain understudied in contemporary developed societies. Because hazards of vital events such as marriage, fertility, and mortality vary demographically, it is likely that average numbers of extended kin also vary meaningfully by education and race, but researchers have not addressed this topic. Existing research on kinship in developed societies focuses on group-level differences in multiplex kin networks such as those comprising household co-residence, instru ...[more]