Fertility behaviour of recent immigrants to Israel: A comparative analysis of immigrants from Ethiopa and the former Soviet Union

Demographic Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2004, Pages 83-120

  Nahmias, Petra ^a  

^a International Relations and Statistical Coordination Department   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fertility; Marriage; Migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942738889     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2004.10.4     Document Type: Article

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