High Sex Ratios at Birth in the Caucasus: Modern Technology to Satisfy Old Desires

Population and Development Review

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 487-501

  Duthé, Géraldine ^a   Meslé, France ^a   Vallin, Jacques ^a   Badurashvili, Irina ^b   Kuyumjyan, Karine ^c  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^b Georgian Centre of Population Research   (Georgia)

^c National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FERTILITY; SEX RATIO;

ARMENIA; AZERBAIJAN; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84866146571     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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