Highly Restricted Fertility: Very Small Families in the British Fertility Decline

Population Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-199

  Anderson, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FAMILY SIZE; FERTILITY TRENDS; POPULATION FERTILITY; SOCIAL TRENDS;

UK;

EID: 0031848926     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472031000150366     Document Type: Article

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