The "Second demographic transition": A conceptual map for the understanding of late modern demographic developments in fertility and family formation

Historical Social Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-218

  Lesthaeghe, Ron ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Demographic change; Demographic transition; Europe and Far East; Fertility postponement and recuperation; Fertility trends; Maslow's hierarchy of needs; Trends of family formation; Values orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953671256     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: 09366784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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