Factors influencing union formation in Nairobi, Kenya

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 433-455

  Bocquier, Philippe ^a   Khasakhala, Anne ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COITUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FORECASTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 69249235444     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932009003319     Document Type: Article

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