The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project 2004-06: Data collection, data quality, and analysis of attrition

Demographic Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 503-540

  Anglewicz, Philip ^a   Adams, Jimi ^b   Obare, Francis ^c   Kohler, Hans Peter ^a   Watkins, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 65649089805     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.21     Document Type: Article

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