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SUBMITTER: Du J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6838654 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov-Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology 20190708 6
We examined how individual investment was associated with the duration of marriage partnerships in a pastoralist society of Amdo Tibetans in China. We collected demographic and socioeconomic data from 420 women and 369 men over five villages to assess which factors predicted partnership length. We found that the payment of dowry and bridewealth from both sides of the family predicted marriage stability. The production of offspring, regardless of their survivorship, also had a positive effect on ...[more]