Adolescents' Value of Children and Their Intentions to Have Children: A Cross-Cultural and Multilevel Analysis

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 671-689

  Mayer, Boris ^a   Trommsdorff, Gisela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

adolescents' fertility intentions; cross cultural study; multilevel modeling; value of children

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955876771     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022110372195     Document Type: Article

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