Where is the stork? Sociological insights into barriers to fertility in Singapore1

Social Transformations in Chinese Societies

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 143-162

  Straughan, Paulin T ^a   Chan, Angelique ^a   Jones, Gavin W ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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EID: 84961820822     PISSN: 18712673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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