Dispensing with marriage: Marital and partnership trends in rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 2000-2006

Demographic Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 279-312

  Hosegood, Victoria ^a,b   McGrath, Nuala ^a,b   Moultrie, Tom ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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EID: 65249114158     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.13     Document Type: Article

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