The Public Acceptance of Voluntary Childlessness in the Netherlands: From 20 to 90 per cent in 30 years

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 163-181

  Noordhuizen, Suzanne ^a   de Graaf, Paul ^a   Sieben, Inge ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Public opinion; Social change; The Netherlands; Voluntary childlessness

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL CHANGE; EDUCATION; INCOME; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RELIGION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77956280568     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-010-9574-y     Document Type: Article

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