Women's education and fertility transition in sub-saharan Africa

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-30

  Shapiro, David ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84877000809     PISSN: 17284414     EISSN: 17285305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1553/populationyearbook2012s009     Document Type: Article

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