The proximate determinants of fertility and birth intervals in Egypt: An application of calendar data

Demographic Research

Volumn 16, Issue , 2007, Pages 59-96

  Baschieri, Angela ^a   Hinde, Andrew ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calendar data; Contraceptive use; Egypt; Fertility; Proximate determinants; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847111739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2007.16.3     Document Type: Article

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