Fertility and social change: The neglected contribution of men's approaches to becoming partners and parents

Sociological Review

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 463-485

  Jamieson, Lynn ^a   Milburn, Kathryn Backett ^a   Simpson, Roona ^a   Wasoff, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955214224     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2010.01924.x     Document Type: Article

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