Social interactions and contemporary fertility transitions

Population and Development Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 639-682

  Bongaarts, John ^a   Watkins, Susan Cotts ^a  

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DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; FERTILITY DECLINE; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 0030422836     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137804     Document Type: Article

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