Comparing, contextualizing, and conceptualizing: Enhancing quantitative data on women's situation in rural Africa

Demographic Research

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 143-174

  Schatz, Enid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 4344571804     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2003.s1.5     Document Type: Article

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