Women who are not married: Fertility, ‘illegitimacy’, and the nature of households and domestic groups among single african women in durban

South African Journal of Sociology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 63-71

  Preston Whyte, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 21244444935     PISSN: 02580144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02580144.1993.10432905     Document Type: Article

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