The path to below replacement fertility in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Abbasi Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal ^a   Hosseini Chavoshi, Meimanat ^b   McDonald, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MARRIAGE; CHILDBEARING; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION POLICY; REPLACEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 38749147308     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/1d5d44c7-en     Document Type: Article

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