Below to above replacement: Increased fertility and its determinants in Sri Lanka

Asia-Pacific Population Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 27-52

  Indralal De Silva, W ^a   Nishanthi Perera, B ^a,b   Chamara Anuranga, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Department of Demography ^*  (Sri Lanka)

^c Institute of Health Policy   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BIRTH INTERVAL; BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; POPULATION POLICY;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 84055178502     PISSN: 0259238X     EISSN: 15644278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18356/ef4505c9-en     Document Type: Article

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