Size doesn't matter: The fallacy of class-differential fertility in social mobility analysis

International Journal of Social Research Methodology: Theory and Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 141-157

  Payne, Geoff ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0142231492     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645570110119745     Document Type: Article

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