Distinguishing stopping behavior from spacing behavior with indirect methods

Historical Methods

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 85-96

  Okun, Barbara S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC STUDIES; FERTILITY TRANSITION; HISTORICAL METHOD; MCDONALD INDEX; METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH; SPACING BEHAVIOUR; STOPPING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0029513754     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.1995.9956357     Document Type: Article

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