Anthropological Demography

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 525-547

  Kertzer, David I ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropological Study; Development Review; Fertility Behavior; Fertility Decline; Kinship System

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125924693     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23106-4_18     Document Type: Chapter

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