Fertility, contraceptive choice, and public policy in Zimbabwe

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 189-222

  Thomas, Duncan ^a,b   Maluccio, John ^c  

^a Labor and Population Program

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030478442     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/10.1.189     Document Type: Article

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