Diversity as valued and troubled: Social identities and demographic categories in understandings of rapid urban growth in Vanuatu

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-159

  Widmer, Alexandra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

demography; development; population growth; pregnancy; reproduction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CONTROL; BIRTH RATE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; ILLEGAL ABORTION; JUVENILE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VANUATU; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADOLESCENT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; POPULATION GROWTH; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CHANGE; URBAN POPULATION; VANUATU; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882311647     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2013.805299     Document Type: Article

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