All that she wants is a(nother) baby? Longing for children as a fertility incentive of growing importance

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 89-104

  Rotkirch, A ^a,b  

^a Family Federation of Finland ^*  (Finland)

^b Institute for Population Research

Author keywords

Biosocial demography; Fertility motivation; Low fertility; Proceptive behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749099751     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1010     Document Type: Article

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