The proximate determinants of the decline to below-replacement fertility in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Sibanda, Amson ^a,b   Woubalem, Zewdu ^b   Hogan, Dennis P ^b   Lindstrom, David P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; FAMILY PLANNING; REPRODUCTION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADDIS ABABA; ETHIOPIA;

EID: 0037981245     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2003.00001.x     Document Type: Article

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