Rethinking historical reproductive change: Insights from longitudinal data for a Spanish town

Population and Development Review

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 703-727

  Reher, David Sven ^a   Sanz Gimeno, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 36949001776     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2007.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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