Does early childbearing and a sterilization-focused family planning programme in India fuel population growth?

Demographic Research

Volumn 20, Issue , 2009, Pages 693-720

  Matthews, Zoë ^a   Padmadas, Sabu S ^a   Hutter, Inge ^b   McEachran, Juliet ^c   Brown, James J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c University of London ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85048084292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.20.28     Document Type: Article

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