Childlessness and parenthood in two centuries: Different roads-different maps?

Journal of Family Issues

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1518-1532

  Dykstra, Pearl A ^a,d   Hagestad, Gunhild O ^b,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^d NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childlessness; Future older adults; Gender; Parenthood; Selection into fatherhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 35148828631     PISSN: 0192513X     EISSN: 15525481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0192513X07303881     Document Type: Article

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