Demographic consequences of unpredictability in fertility outcomes

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 168-183

  Leslie, Paul ^a,b,c   Winterhalder, Bruce ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL;

BIRTH RATE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK;

EID: 0036123567     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10044     Document Type: Article

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