Postponement and childlessness: Evidence from two British cohorts

Demographic Research

Volumn 19, Issue , 2008, Pages 1935-1964

  Kneale, Dylan ^a   Joshi, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57249090425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.58     Document Type: Article

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