Sex and the birth rate: Human biology, demographic change, and access to fertility-regulation methods

Population and Development Review

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-39

  Potts, Malcolm ^a  

^a NONE

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BIRTH RATES; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY CONTROL; INCOME; POPULATION FERTILITY; POPULATION POLICY; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0031451366     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137459     Document Type: Article

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