Age and Sex

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 19-58

  Poston, Dudley L ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependency Ratio; Digit Preference; Population Pyramid; Stable Population Theory; Terminal Digit

Indexed keywords

EID: 85125950303     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/0-387-23106-4_2     Document Type: Chapter

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