'Were women present at the demographic transition?' A question revisited

History of the Family

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-49

  Janssens, Angélique ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fertility decline; Gender; Historical demography; Motives and conflicts between men and women; Sexual relations; Western world

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548784313     PISSN: 1081602X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hisfam.2007.05.003     Document Type: Article

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