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Sex ratios and racial differences in marriage rates in South Africa

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  • Daniela Casale
  • Dorrit Posel

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In South Africa, marriage rates among white women aged 20 to 34 are at least twice as high as marriage rates among African women in the same age cohort. This paper compares the relationship between alternative definitions of sex ratios and marriage outcomes among African and white women using matched data from the 2001 Population […]

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  • Daniela Casale & Dorrit Posel, 2009. "Sex ratios and racial differences in marriage rates in South Africa," Working Papers 153, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:153
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    1. Linda Scott & Catherine Dolan & Mary Johnstone–Louis & Kimberly Sugden & Maryalice Wu, 2012. "Enterprise and Inequality: A Study of Avon in South Africa," Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, , vol. 36(3), pages 543-568, May.

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