Taking stock: Parents’ reasons for and against having a third child

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 437-454

  Evans, Ann ^a   Barbato, Claire ^a   Bettini, Eleanor ^a   Gray, Edith ^a   Kippen, Rebecca ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Family formation; Fertility decisions; Population policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950782024     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800902823599     Document Type: Article

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