Intergenerational fertility correlations in contemporary developing counties

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 696-704

  Murphy, Michael ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84865151101     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22300     Document Type: Article

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