Girls' education and fertility transitions: An analysis of recent trends in Tanzania and Uganda

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 945-975

  Vavrus, Frances ^a   Larsen, Ulla ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIRTH RATE; FEMALE EDUCATION; POLITICAL INSTABILITY;

TANZANIA; UGANDA;

EID: 0344983715     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377461     Document Type: Article

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