UN Census “Households” and Local Interpretations in Africa Since Independence

SAGE Open

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Randall, Sara ^a   Coast, Ernestina ^b   Antoine, Philippe ^c   Compaore, Natacha ^d   Dial, Fatou Binetou ^e   Fanghanel, Alexandra ^f   Gning, Sadio Ba ^g   Thiombiano, Bilampoa Gnoumou ^d   Golaz, Valérie ^h,i   Wandera, Stephen Ojiambo ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE OUAGADOUGOU   (Burkina Faso)

^e Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN)   (Senegal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITÉ GASTON BERGER   (Senegal)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

ⁱ Aix Marseille University Marseille   (France)

^j MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

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Author keywords

Africa; data collection; definitions; household; United Nations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969662281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244015589353     Document Type: Article

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