Community context, women's natal kin ties, and demand for children: Macro-micro linkages in social demography

Rural Sociology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-271

  Axinn, William G ^a   Fricke, Tom ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND FOR CHILDREN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; KIN RELATIONS; KINSHIP ROLE; POPULATION FERTILITY; SOCIAL RELATIONS;

NEPAL;

EID: 0030439865     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.1996.tb00619.x     Document Type: Article

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