Reassessing the insurance effect: A qualitative analysis of fertility behavior in Senegal and Zimbabwe

Population and Development Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 375-403

  LeGrand, Thomas ^a   Koppenhaver, Todd ^b   Mondain, Nathalie ^a   Randall, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; BIRTH RATE; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; MORTALITY;

SENEGAL; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0242338551     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2003.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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