Testing three evolutionary models of the demographic transition: Patterns of fertility and age at marriage in urban South India

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-511

  Shenk, Mark K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; THEORY; URBAN AREA;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVOLUTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70349388177     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20943     Document Type: Article

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