Child-care availability and fertility in Norway

Population and Development Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 725-748

  Rindfuss, Ronald R ^a   Guilkey, David K ^a   Morgan, S Philip ^b   Kravdal, Østein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FERTILITY; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; NEWBORN; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FERTILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NORWAY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL CHANGE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; WOMEN, WORKING;

NORWAY;

EID: 78650089525     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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