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Desired family size and its determinants among urban Nigerian women: A two-stage analysis

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  • Gbolahan Oni

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  • James McCarthy & Gbolahan Oni, 1987. "Desired family size and its determinants among urban Nigerian women: A two-stage analysis," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 24(2), pages 279-290, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:24:y:1987:i:2:p:279-290
    DOI: 10.2307/2061635
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    3. Julia Behrman, 2015. "Does Schooling Affect Women’s Desired Fertility? Evidence From Malawi, Uganda, and Ethiopia," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 52(3), pages 787-809, June.
    4. Sarah R. Hayford & Victor Agadjanian, 2012. "From desires to behavior," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 26(20), pages 511-542.
    5. John Sandberg, 2005. "The influence of network mortality experience on nonnumeric response concerning expected family size: Evidence from a Nepalese mountain village," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 42(4), pages 737-756, November.
    6. Etienne Walle, 1992. "Fertility transition, conscious choice, and numeracy," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 29(4), pages 487-502, November.
    7. Nistha Sinha, 2004. "Testing for a Supply Constraint to Fertility: Interpreting the Up to God Response to the Survey Question on Desired Family Size," Working Papers 889, Economic Growth Center, Yale University.

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