Mathematical Demography

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 659-717

  Land, Kenneth C ^a   Yang, Yang ^a   Zeng, Yi ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Active Life Expectancy; Fertility Schedule; Life Table; Life Table Model; Total Fertility Rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125939567     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23106-4_23     Document Type: Chapter

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