Polygynous contexts, family structure, and infant mortality in sub-saharan Africa.

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Published in Demography on April 01, 2014

Authors

Emily Smith-Greenaway1, Jenny Trinitapoli

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Sociology, Population Research Institute, The Pennsylvania State University, 211 Oswald Tower, University Park, PA, 16802, USA, egs136@psu.edu.

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