Intergenerational transmission of age at first birth in the Netherlands for birth cohorts born between 1935 and 1984: Evidence from municipal registers

Population Studies

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-84

  Steenhof, Liesbeth ^a   Liefbroer, Aart C ^b,c  

^a STATISTICS NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age at first birth; Event history analysis; Fertility; Intergenerational transmission; Population register; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FERTILITY; RECORD;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 39449132497     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: 14774747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00324720701788616     Document Type: Article

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