Is the relationship between fertility of parents and children really weak?

Social Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 122-145

  Murphy, M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; BIRTH RATE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY RESEARCH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; JUVENILE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PARENT; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FAMILY RESEARCH; FERTILITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; YOUTH;

ADULT; AGED; BIRTH RATE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033086038     PISSN: 0037766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.1999.9988991     Document Type: Article

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