Transition into first intercourse, marriage, and childbearing among Ethiopian women

Genus

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 45-77

  Lindstrom, David P ^a   Kiros, Gebre Egziabher ^b   Hogan, Dennis P ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650054545     PISSN: 00166987     EISSN: 20355556     Source Type: Journal    
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