A social structural analysis of the effects of women's employment on fertility in Urban Nigeria

Journal of Developing Societies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-188

  Togunde, Oladimeji R ^a  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; URBAN SOCIETY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

NIGERIA;

EID: 0033490719     PISSN: 0169796X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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