Child mobility, maternal status, and household composition in rural South Africa

Demography

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 699-718

  Madhavan, Sangeetha ^a,d   Schatz, Enid ^b,d   Clark, Samuel ^c,d   Collinson, Mark ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Household; Mobility; Mothers; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859478967     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0087-3     Document Type: Article

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