Cultural models and fertility timing among Cherokee and white youth in Appalachia: Beyond the mode

American Anthropologist

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-431

  Brown, Ryan A ^a   Hruschka, Daniel J ^b   Worthman, Carol M ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Cross cultural comparison; Cultural models; Fertility; Life course

Indexed keywords

EID: 71049195014     PISSN: 00027294     EISSN: 15481433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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