Fertility in Central and Eastern Europe after 1989: Collapse and gradual recovery

Historical Social Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 246-296

  Sobotka, Tomáš ^a  

^a VIENNA INSTITUTE OF DEMOGRAPHY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abortion; Central Europe; Childlessness; Eastern Europe; Family; Fertility; Low fertility; Post communist transformation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953665598     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: 09366784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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