Divorce and remarriage in rural Malawi

Demographic Research

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 175-206

  Reniers, Georges ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 4344577052     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/demres.2003.s1.6     Document Type: Article

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