Fertility decline in the modern world and in the original demographic transition: Testing three theories with cross-national data

Population and Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 511-537

  Sanderson, S K ^a   Dubrow, J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 0033863627     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02436770     Document Type: Article

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