Explaining fertility transitions

Demography

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 443-454

  Mason, Karen Oppenheim ^a  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0031261818     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3038299     Document Type: Article

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