Fertility in England: A long-term perspective

Population Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 399-415

  Wilson, Chris ^a   Woods, Robert ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC REGIME; FERTILITY TREND; INDEX VARIATION; LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE; POPULATION CHANGE; SPATIAL PATTERN;

UK, ENGLAND;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, ANCIENT; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, EARLY MODERN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MEDIEVAL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0026358443     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000145606     Document Type: Article

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