The marital fertility of american whites before 1920

Historical Methods

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1991, Pages 141-170

  Ewbank, Douglas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE PATTERN; CHILD- BEARING; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FERTILITY RATE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MARITAL STATUS; POPULATION FERTILITY; WHITES;

USA;

EID: 0026283787     PISSN: 01615440     EISSN: 19401906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01615440.1991.9955301     Document Type: Article

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