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The effect of variability in the fertility schedule on numbers of kin

J Coresh, N Goldman

    Mathematical Population Studies
    |January 1, 1988
    PubMed

    Keywords:
    Demographic FactorsDifferential FertilityEstimation TechnicsFamily And HouseholdFamily CharacteristicsFamily RelationshipsFertility--changesHeterogeneityMathematical ModelMethodological StudiesModels, TheoreticalPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsResearch MethodologyWorld

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