Very low fertility in Asia: Is there a problem? can it be solved?

Asia Pacific Issues

Volumn , Issue 94, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Westley, Sidney B ^a   Choe, Minja Kim ^a   Retherford, Robert D ^a  

^a East West Center

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION GROWTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

JAPAN; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77952990174     PISSN: 15220966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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