Rethinking the "early" decline of martial fertility in the United States

Demography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 605-620

  Hacker, J David ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH RATE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2142708568     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1515199     Document Type: Article

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