Very low fertility in Pacific Asian countries: Causes and policy responses

Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-22

  Jones, Gavin ^a   Straughan, Paulin Tay ^a,b   Chan, Angelique ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Department of Sociology ^*  (Singapore)

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EID: 84917738333     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203890066     Document Type: Chapter

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