East Asian childbearing patterns and policy developments

Population and Development Review

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-606

  Frejka, Tomas ^a   Jones, Gavin W ^b   Sardon, Jean Paul ^c  

^a Independent Consultant   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Observatoire Démographique Européen 2 Bis   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; FAMILY PLANNING; FERTILITY; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION POLICY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FAR EAST; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIRTH RATE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FAR EAST; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PARENTING; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN, WORKING;

CHINA; HONG KONG; JAPAN; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

EID: 77957156565     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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