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LOW FERTILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: CAUSES AND IMPLICATIONS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

Saseendran Pallikadavath ,
S. Irudaya Rajan  and
Chris Wilson
Saseendran Pallikadavath*
Affiliation:
Portsmouth-Brawijaya Centre for Global Health, Population, and Policy, University of Portsmouth, UK University of Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia
S. Irudaya Rajan
Affiliation:
Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, India
Chris Wilson
Affiliation:
Nuffield College, University of Oxford, UK
*
1Corresponding author. Email: sasee.pallikadavath@port.ac.uk
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 49 , Special Issue S1: Low Fertility in Developing Countries: Causes and Implications , November 2017 , pp. S1 - S3
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