Population density is a key factor in declining human fertility

Population and Environment

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-81

  Lutz, Wolfgang ^a   Testa, Maria Rita ^b   Penn, Dustin J ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

^c KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Fertility; Population density

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 34147097543     PISSN: 01990039     EISSN: 15737810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11111-007-0037-6     Document Type: Article

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