Approaching the limit: Long-term trends in late and very late fertility

Population and Development Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-170

  Billari, Francesco C ^a   Kohler, Hans Peter ^b   Andersson, Gunnar ^c   Lundström, Hans ^d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d Department of Statistics ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847793533     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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