The impact of education, income, and mortality on fertility in Jamaica

World Development

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 173-186

  Handa, Sudhanshu ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Education; Fertility; Infant mortality; Jamaica

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; FERTILITY; INFANT MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

JAMAICA;

EID: 0034009336     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(99)00114-X     Document Type: Article

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