Settlement size and fertility in the Nordic countries

Population Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 265-285

  Kulu, Hill ^a   Vikat, Andres ^b   Andersson, Gunnar ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b United Nations Economic Commission for Europe   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Event history analysis; Fertility; Nordic countries; Settlement size; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; URBANIZATION;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 35848958156     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720701571749     Document Type: Article

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