Cognitive models of fertility decline in Oaxaca City, Mexico

Population and Environment

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 243-274

  Kennedy, David P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture theory; Fertility decline; Oaxaca; Qualitative and quantitative methods; Text analysis

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; MODELING; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; URBAN POPULATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; OAXACA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 4344616331     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:POEN.0000032323.39780.eb     Document Type: Review

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