New approaches to demographic data collection

Chinese Sociological Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 56-92

  Treiman, Donald ^a   Lu, Yao ^b   Qi, Yaqiang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84859795564     PISSN: 21620555     EISSN: 21620563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/CSA2162-0555440303     Document Type: Article

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