Fertility decline in Scotland, England and Wales, and Ireland: Comparisons from the 1911 census of fertility

Population Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-20

  Anderson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY TRENDS; POPULATION FERTILITY;

ARTICLE; FERTILITY; HISTORY; IRELAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

CENSUSES; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; IRELAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

IRELAND; UK;

EID: 0031801344     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000150146     Document Type: Article

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