Single Motherhood and Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Life Course Perspective

Demography

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1521-1549

  Clark, Shelley ^a   Hamplová, Dana ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Family structures; Single motherhood; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884768717     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13524-013-0220-6     Document Type: Article

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