In pursuit of higher education, do we postpone parenthood too long?

Gender Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-186

  Sobotka, Tomás ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CHILDLESSNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INCOME; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MALE INFERTILITY; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARENTHOOD; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33750348800     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1550-8579(06)80206-8     Document Type: Note

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