Kin influence on female reproductive behavior: The evidence from reconstitution of the Bejsce parish registers, 18th to 20th centuries, Poland

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 508-522

  Tymicki, Krzysztof ^a  

^a WARSAW SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PARITY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIBLING;

COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; POLAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY;

EID: 4444254701     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20059     Document Type: Article

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