Education, ethnicity, and reproductive practice in Cameroon

Population

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-179

  Johnson Hanks, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE EDUCATION; FERTILITY;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33744909800     PISSN: 16342941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3246601     Document Type: Article

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