Sources of error and bias in methods of fertility estimation contingent on the P/F ratio in a time of declining fertility and rising mortality

Demographic Research

Volumn 19, Issue , 2008, Pages 1635-1662

  Moultrie, Tom A ^a   Dorrington, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 51849084315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.46     Document Type: Article

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