Fertility decline and gender bias in Northern India

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 637-657

  Bhat, P N Mari ^a   Zavier, A J Francis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH RATE; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIRTH RATE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 2142808705     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1515201     Document Type: Article

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