Time trends and determinants of completed family size in a rural community from the Basque area of Spain (1800-1969)

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-497

  Alfonso Sánchez, Miguel A ^a   Peña, José A ^a   Calderón, Rosario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANAMNESIS; BAPTISMAL CERTIFICATE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH CONTROL; BIRTH RATE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EVOLUTION; FAMILY RECONSTITUTION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT MORTALITY; MARRIAGE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NATURAL SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROGENY; REGISTER; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; TECHNIQUE; THEORY; TIME; VARIANCE;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18244431913     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193200300587X     Document Type: Review

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