title: Marriage distances among the Afroamericans of Bluefields, Nicaragua.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biology, University of Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Biondi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rickards
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Guglielmino
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: De Stefano
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009527:Nicaragua; D011157:Population Dynamics