Data, models, theory and reality: The structure of demographic knowledge

Contributions to Economics

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 19-40

  Burch, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; KNOWLEDGE; MODELING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4644224261     PISSN: 14311933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-7908-2715-6_2     Document Type: Article

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