Factors affecting birth spacing among the agrarian families in a North Jordanian village

Journal of Comparative Family Studies

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2002, Pages

  Alakkam, Abdulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; JORDAN; POLITICS; WAR;

EID: 0036112856     PISSN: 00472328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.33.1.117     Document Type: Article

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