Articles · Vol. 5 No. 2 (2001): African Sociological Review · Pages 36-62

Documenting Changing Family Patterns in South Africa: Are Census Data of any Value?

Vol. 5 · 2001 No. 2 African Sociological Review ASR

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Author Biography

  • Susan C. Ziehl

    Department Sociology & Industrial Sociology Rhodes University Box94 Grahamstown South Africa 6140.

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