Stability of marital unions and fertility in Nigeria

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 33-41

  Isiugo Abanihe, Uche C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; TIME;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; DEMOGRAPHIC AND HEALTH SURVEYS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEYS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIVORCE; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FERTILITY; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; NIGERIA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMARRIAGE; RESEARCH REPORT; SEPARATION; WESTERN AFRICA;

ADULT; DIVORCE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY RATES; MARITAL STABILITY; MARITAL UNIONS; POPULATION FERTILITY;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0031597732     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932098000339     Document Type: Article

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