Child mortality, women's status, economic dependency, and state strength: A cross-national study of less developed countries

Social Forces

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 667-694

  Shen, Ce ^a   Williamson, John B ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.2307/2580728     Document Type: Article

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