The impact of the stopping rule on sex ratio of last births in vietnam

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-196

  Pham, Bang Nguyen ^a   Adair, Timothy ^a   Hill, Peter S ^a   Rao, Chalapati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIET NAM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; BIRTH RATE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; SEX RATIO; VIETNAM;

EID: 84856341578     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932011000605     Document Type: Article

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