Icons, straw men and precision: Reflections on demographic theories of fertility decline

Sociological Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-81

  Burch, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 0030560002     PISSN: 00380253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1533-8525.1996.tb02331.x     Document Type: Article

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