Late parenthood among subfertile and fertile couples: Motivations and educational goals

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-282

  Van Balen, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Desire to have a child; Educational goals; Femininity; Late parenthood; Parenthood motivation; Transistion to parenthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FEMININITY; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PARENTHOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUBFERTILITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GOALS; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PARENTS; PATERNAL AGE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 28444435799     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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