Education and childlessness: The relationship between educational field, educational level, and childlessness among Swedish women born in 1955-59

Demographic Research

Volumn 14, Issue , 2006, Pages 331-380

  Hoem, Jan M ^a   Neyer, Gerda ^a   Andersson, Gunnar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childlessness; Education; Fertility; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646701708     PISSN: 14359871     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.15     Document Type: Article

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