Another child? fertility ideals, resources and opportunities

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 921-940

  Dey, Ian ^a   Wasoff, Fran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Low fertility Ideal fertility Fertility attitudes Parity progression

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICES; LABOR MARKET; PENSION SYSTEM;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78650692235     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-009-9174-1     Document Type: Article

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