Migrants and the meaning of parenthood: Involuntary childless Turkish migrants in The Netherlands

Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1832-1838

  van Rooij, F B ^a   van Balen, F ^a   Hermanns, J M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dutch; Infertility; Migrants; Parenthood motives; Turkish

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MIGRATION; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PARENTHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 33745847812     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/del046     Document Type: Article

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