Indispensable sons: Negotiating reproductive desires in rural Vietnam

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-265

  Bélanger, Danièle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33748288124     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09663690600701012     Document Type: Article

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