Did owner-occupation lead to smaller families for interwar working-class households?

Economic History Review

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-124

  Scott, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HOMEOWNERSHIP; LIFESTYLE; SUBURBAN AREA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 37849007141     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2007.00390.x     Document Type: Article

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