Social transmission and the spread of modern contraception in rural Ethiopia.

Socio-economic development has proven to be insufficient to explain the time and pace of the human demographic transition. Shifts to low fertility norms have thus been thought to result from social diffusion, yet to date, micro-level studies are limited and are often unable to disentangle the effect...

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Main Authors: Alexandra Alvergne, Eshetu Gurmu, Mhairi A Gibson, Ruth Mace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3142194?pdf=render