Measuring gender equality in family decision making in Latin America: A key towards understanding changing family configurations

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Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 47-73

  Covre Sussai, Maira ^a   Meuleman, Bart ^a   Van Bavel, Jan ^a   Matthijs, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

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