Demographic Analysis of Small Populations Using the Own-Children Method

Field Methods

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-395

  Childs, Geoff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropology; demography; fertility; own children method; Tibet

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247664204     PISSN: 1525822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525822X04269172     Document Type: Article

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