On the links between employment, partnership quality, and the intention to have a first child: The case of west Germany

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 579-610

  Berninger, Ina ^a   Weiß, Bernd ^b   Wagner, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

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EID: 79955590422     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.24     Document Type: Article

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