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Individual fertility rate: a new individual fertility measure for small populations

W M Hern1

  • 1Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder.

Social Biology
|January 1, 1990
PubMed

Keywords:
AmericasAnthropologyBirth IntervalsBirth RateCultural BackgroundDemographic FactorsDeveloping CountriesEstimation TechnicsEthnic GroupsFertilityFertility MeasurementsFertility RateIndians, South AmericanLatin AmericaMarriageMarriage PatternsMeasurementMethodological StudiesNuptialityParityPeruPolygynyPopulationPopulation CharacteristicsPopulation DynamicsPrevalenceResearch MethodologySocial SciencesSouth America

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