Determinants of Desired and Actual Number of Children and the Risk of having more than Two Children in Ghana and Nigeria
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Ideal number of children; fertility; Ghana; Nigeria; Replacement level;All these keywords.
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- J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General
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