Qualifying social influence on fertility intentions: Composition, structure and meaning of fertility-relevant social networks in western Germany

Current Sociology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 888-907

  Keim, Sylvia ^a   Klärner, Andreas ^a   Bernardi, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b EPFL CHB   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fertility; Germany; Qualitative methods; Social influence; Social network

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449337959     PISSN: 00113921     EISSN: 14617064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011392109342226     Document Type: Article

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