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Original Articles

Understanding Marital and Premarital Fertility in Rural South Africa

Michel Garenne
,
Stephen Tollman
,
Kathleen Kahn
,
Terri Collins
&
Shirley Ngwenya
Pages 277-290 | Published online: 04 Aug 2010

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