An imperfect contraceptive society: Fertility and contraception in Italy

Population and Development Review

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 551-584

  Gribaldo, Alessandra ^a,b   Judd, Maya D ^b   Kertzer, David I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Provost of Brown University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; BIRTH RATE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FERTILITY; PREGNANCY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 70350297399     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2009.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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