Fertility in England and Wales: A Fifty-Year Perspective

Population Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 485-524

  Hobcraft, John ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BABY BOOM; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; FERTILITY TRENDS; FUTURE PROSPECT; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS;

UK, ENGLAND; UK, WALES;

EID: 0030428632     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000149586     Document Type: Article

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