Education and fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: Individual and community effects

Demography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 233-250

  Kravdal, Øystein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIRTH RATE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0038891689     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088337     Document Type: Article

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