Urbanization and Daughter-Biased Parental Investment in Fiji

Human Nature

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 139-155

  Neill, Dawn B ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daughter bias; Indo Fijian; Parental investment; Quality quantity; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FIJI; FOOD; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIJI; FOOD; HOUSEKEEPING; HUMANS; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTING; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; WORK;

EID: 79958774997     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-011-9110-z     Document Type: Article

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