Which women stop at one child in Australia?

Journal of Population Research

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 207-225

  Parr, Nick ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Births; Cohort fertility; Family formation; Fertility; Low fertility; Migrants; One child; Parity progression; Second demographic transition

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; FERTILITY; POPULATION DECLINE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 38849187933     PISSN: 14432447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03031931     Document Type: Article

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