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    Arthur Sakamoto (Associate Professor of Sociology and Research Associate of the Population Research Center) & Daniel A. Powers (Associate Professor of Sociology and Research Associate of the Population Research Center)

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Sakamoto, A., Powers, D.A. (2005). Demography of Social Stratification. In: Poston, D.L., Micklin, M. (eds) Handbook of Population. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-23106-4_14

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