Effect of conflict on age at marriage and age at first Birth in Rwanda

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 551-567

  Jayaraman, Anuja ^a   Gebreselassie, Tesfayi ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^b  

^a MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b INDIRA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Age at first birth; Age at marriage; Conflict; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MARRIAGE; AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH DATE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; GENOCIDE; INFANT MORTALITY; KINSHIP; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; RWANDA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350147820     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9116-3     Document Type: Article

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