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A new look at the determinants of nonnumeric response to desired family size: The case of Costa Rica

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  1. Department of Demography, Georgetown University, 20057, Washington, DC

    Ann P. Riley

  2. Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 48106, Ann Arbor, MI

    Albert I. Hermalin

  3. Instituto de Investigaciones en Salud, Universidad de Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica

    Luis Rosero-Bixby

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This research was supported in part by the Andrew F. Mellon Foundation. Earlier phases of this research were supported by the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Development, HD-62902.

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Riley, A.P., Hermalin, A.I. & Rosero-Bixby, L. A new look at the determinants of nonnumeric response to desired family size: The case of Costa Rica. Demography 30, 159–174 (1993). https://doi.org/10.2307/2061835

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