Why do Americans want children?

Population and Development Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 333-358

  Schoen, Robert ^a   Kim, Young J ^a   Nathanson, Constance A ^a   Fields, Jason ^a   Astone, Nan Marie ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC THEORY; FERTILITY BEHAVIOUR; POPULATION FERTILITY; THEORY;

USA;

EID: 0031429197     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2137548     Document Type: Article

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