The South African fertility decline: Evidence from two censuses and a demographic and health survey

Population Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-283

  Moultrie, Tom A ^a   Tamæus, Ian M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Apartheid; Demographic transition; Fertility; Fertility rate; South Africa; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; HEALTH SURVEY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0344552267     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472032000137808     Document Type: Article

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