Young Women's Dynamic Family Size Preferences in the Context of Transitioning Fertility

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1715-1737

  Yeatman, Sara ^a,b   Sennott, Christie ^b   Culpepper, Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Family size preferences; Fertility; Malawi; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884756486     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0214-4     Document Type: Article

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