Stages of the demographic transition from a child's perspective: Family size, cohort size, and children's resources

Population and Development Review

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-252

  Lam, David ^a   Marteleto, Letícia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FAMILY STRUCTURE; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH;

AFRICA;

EID: 45749140113     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2008.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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