Determinants of marital fertility in Pakistan: The impact of education, work and family planning

Sociological Focus

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-178

  Qureshi, Rashida ^a   Adamchak, Donald J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DECLINE; MARITAL FERTILITY--DETERMINANTS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTHERN ASIA;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DECLINE; MARITAL FERTILITY--DETERMINANTS; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SOUTHERN ASIA;

AGE FACTORS; ASIA; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FERTILITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030131966     PISSN: 00380237     EISSN: 21621128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380237.1996.10570638     Document Type: Article

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