Birth interval and the sex of children in a traditional African population: An evolutionary analysis

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 499-507

  Mace, Ruth ^a   Sear, Rebecca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH INTERVALS--DETERMINANTS; CORRELATION STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FERTILITY; FERTILITY MEASUREMENTS; KENYA; MATERNAL AGE; MIGRANTS; MIGRATION; NOMADS; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTS; PARITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

BIRTH INTERVAL; CHILD CARE; REPRODUCTIVE DECISION-MAKING; SON PREFERENCE;

AFRICA;

EID: 0030609751     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932097004999     Document Type: Article

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