What drives U.S. population growth

Population Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 3-40

  Kent, Mary M ^a   Mather, Mark ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842418798     PISSN: 0032468X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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