Volume 46 - Article 4 | Pages 97–130
Contraceptive use and fertility transitions: The distinctive experience of sub-Saharan Africa
By Aisha Dasgupta, Mark Wheldon, Vladimíra Kantorová, Philipp Ueffing
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