Fertility and Culture in Eastern Europe: A Case Study of Riga, Latvia, 1867-1881

European Journal of Population

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-268

  Wetherell, Charles ^a   Plakans, Andrejs ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FERTILITY TRENDS; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DECLINE; HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY; LATVIA; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SOCIOLOGY; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

CASE STUDIES; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FERTILITY; FERTILITY DECLINE; HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY; LATVIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

BIRTH RATE; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FERTILITY; LATVIA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SCIENCES; URBAN POPULATION;

LATVIA, RIGA;

EID: 0031401848     PISSN: 01686577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005966907806     Document Type: Article

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