Gender equality and fertility intentions revisited: Evidence from Finland

Demographic Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2011, Pages 469-496

  Miettinen, Anneli ^a   Basten, Stuart ^b,c   Rotkirch, Anna ^a  

^a Population Research Institute   (Finland)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79955594352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14359871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.24.20     Document Type: Article

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