Are low Danish fertility rates explained by changes in timing of births?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 426-433

  Hvidtfeldt, Ulla A ^a   Gerster, Mette ^a   Keiding, Niels ^a   Knudsen, Lisbeth B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Demography; Denmark; fertility rates; trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

BIRTH RATE; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77953457133     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810364682     Document Type: Article

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