Wages, secondary workers, and fertility: A working-class perspective of the fertility transition in england and wales

Journal of Family History

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 1-17

  Schellekens, Jona ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY OF MEDICINE, MODERN; STATISTICS;

EID: 0027144549     PISSN: 03631990     EISSN: 15525473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/036319909301800101     Document Type: Article

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