Fertility decline and increasing gender imbalance in India, including a possible South Indian turnaround

Development and Change

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 237-263

  Basu, Alaka Malwade ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; GENDER RELATIONS;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 0033120838     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00116     Document Type: Article

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